Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxii

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2. Wide-Field Sky Surveys and Patrols

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Importance of Wide-Field Imaging

      • V. A. Lipovetsky

      Pages 3-11

   3. Infrared Wide-Field Surveys

      • N. Epchtein

      Pages 13-16

   4. Wide Field Imaging and Photometry with 2k x 2k CCD

      • J. S. Chen

      Pages 17-19

   5. Beijing — Arizona Color (BAC) Sky Survey

      • J.-S. Chen

      Pages 20-21

   6. Very Wide-Field Monitoring of the Sky

      • R. Hudec, J. Soldán

      Pages 23-27

   7. The Second Palomar Sky Survey

      • I. N. Reid

      Pages 29-29

   8. The Palomar Observatory-European Observatory Photographic Atlas of the Northern Sky

      • S. Class, J. Quebatte, G. Strigl

      Pages 30-32

   9. First Steps Toward a CCD-Based Sky Patrol

      • P. Kroll, T. Lehmann

      Pages 33-35

   10. SNE from Surveys and Patrols

       • C. Pollas

       Pages 37-41

   11. Sonneberg Observatory: Sky Patrol, Field Patrol, the World’s Largest Living WFPA

       • H.-J. Bräuer, G. A. Richter

       Pages 43-45

   12. The Schmidt Telescope at Calar Alto Observatory

       • K. Birkle, H. Belleman, H. Elsässer

       Pages 46-48

   13. German Astrophysical Space Projects

       • W. Klinkmann

       Pages 49-51

   14. Mouse: A Mini Observatory for UV Space Exploration of the Galactic Poles and Equator

       • R. Ragazzoni, L. Buson, M. Turatto, A. Bianchini, E. Cappellaro, M. Cecconi et al.

       Pages 52-54

   15. Glazar-2: A Wide-Field Camera Aboard the Mir Space Station

       • H. M. Tovmassian, Y. M. Khodjayants, M. N. Krmoyan, R. V. Isadjanian, O. N. Gasparian, A. Z. Zakharian et al.

       Pages 55-56

   16. Simultaneous Optical/Gamma-Ray Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts

       • J. Greiner

       Pages 57-59

   17. Wide-Field Photographic Versus Wide-Field CCD Techniques in the Activity Analysis of dM Stars

       • G. Szécsényi-Nagy

       Pages 61-64

3. Digital Detectors in Wide-Field Imaging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. The CCD Array Camera for the Macho Project

      • S. Marshall, C. Alcock, C. W. Akerlof, R. A. Allsman, T. S. Axelrod, D. P. Bennett et al.

      Pages 67-71

H.T. MacGilLIVRAY Royal Observatory Blackford Hill Edinburgh EH9 3HJ Scotland U.K. lAU Symposium No. 161 on 'Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging', held in Potsdam, Germany, during 23-27th August 1993, was the first conference organised by the recently-formed Working Group of lAU Commission 9 on 'Wide-Field Imaging'. This Working Group was instigated during the XXIst meeting of the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Buenos Aires in 1991, and represented a merging of the former formal lAU Working Group on 'Astronomical Photography' and the informal 'Digitised Optical Sky Surveys' Working Group. Dr. Richard West was 'invited' to be Chairperson, and hence was given the daunting task of organising the Group from scratch. The very fact that the first conference after only two years was a major lAU Symposium says much about the determination and enthusiasm of Richard West to fulfilling the aims of the new Working Group. The siting of the conference in Potsdam in formerly East Germany provided an excellent opportunity to advantage from the political changes in Eastern Europe. Good access to the meeting was possible by scientists from Eastern European countries, allowing exchange of information on the very important Wide-Field facilities in both East and West, information on the rich archives of photographic plates that exist in both East and West, and allowing discussions between scientists facing very similar problems in both East and West.

• Clustering
• Galaxy
• Redshift
• astronomy
• classification
• data acquisition
• databases

• Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Scotland

  H. T. MacGillivray, E. B. Thomson

• Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA

  B. M. Lasker

• Palomar Observatory, Pasadena, USA

  I. N. Reid

• Anglo-Australian Observatory, Epping, Australia

  D. F. Malin

• European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

  R. M. West

• Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

  H. Lorenz

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