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- Editors:
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Hugo Woerden
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Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ronald J. Allen
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Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
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W. Butler Burton
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Sterrewacht Leiden, The Netherlands
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Table of contents (124 papers)
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Composition, Structure and Kinematics
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The Stellar Component
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- Michel Mayor, Edouard Oblak
Pages 149-150
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- Ch. F. Trefzger, J. W. Pel, A. Blaauw
Pages 151-152
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- R. W. Hilditch, A. D. McFadzean, Graham Hill, J. V. Barnes
Pages 163-164
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The Gaseous Component: Large-Scale Distribution
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- Hugo Van Woerden, Ronald J. Allen, W. Butler Burton
Pages 169-170
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- W. B. Burton, P. te Lintel Hekkert
Pages 171-172
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- T. M. Bania, F. J. Lockman
Pages 173-174
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- J. V. Feitzinger, J. Spicker
Pages 175-178
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- J. M. Weisberg, J. M. Rankin, V. Boriakoff
Pages 181-182
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- L. J. Rickard, Patrick Palmer
Pages 193-194
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- G. Rydbeck, Å. Hjalmarson, O. Rydbeck
Pages 195-196
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- Anneila I. Sargent, E. C. Sutton, C. R. Masson, T. G. Phillips, K.-Y. Lo
Pages 197-198
About this book
In June 1983 the Astronomical Institute of the State University of Groningen, founded by Kapteyn about 100 years ago, celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary. At the suggestion of its Chairman, R.J. Allen, the Kapteyn Institute invited the International Astronomical Union to mark the centenary by holding a Symposium on "The Milky Way Galaxy". The purpose of the Symposium was to review recent progress in the study of our Galaxy, to define current problems, and to explore prospects for future development. The Symposium programme would emphasize the large-scale characteristics of our Galaxy, and highlight both the historical development of our understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy and the importance of studies of external galaxies to this understanding. The Symposium was sponsored by four IAU Commissions: 33 (Structure and Dynamics of the Galactic System), 28 (Galaxies), 34 (Interstellar Matter) and 41 (History of Astronomy). The Scientific Organizing Committee, listed on page xviii, represented a broad range of nationalities and of expertise, including two historians of science. A meeting of the Committee, held during the IAU General Assembly at Patras, provided an excellent opportunity to discuss plan and format of the Symposium, topics and speakers; thereafter, the-Committee was regularly consulted by letter and telephone. IAU Symposium 106 was held at Groningen on 30 May - 3 June 1983, in the new building occupied by the Kapteyn Institute since January 1983. There were about 200 participants, coming from as many as 25 countries.