Highlights of Astronomy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Invited Discourses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Halley’s Comet (Part I): Ground-based Observations

      • Richard M. West

      Pages 3-16

   3. Halley’s Comet (Part II): Space Studies

      • Vassili I. Moroz

      Pages 17-31

   4. The Rise and Fall of Quasars

      • Maarten Schmidt

      Pages 33-44

   5. Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter

      • Martin Rees

      Pages 45-64

3. Joint Discussions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. New Developments in Documentation and Data Services for Astronomers

      1. New Developments in Documentation and Data Services for Astronomers

         • G. A. Wilkins

         Pages 69-96

      2. The Selection of Scientific and Technical Records for Permanent Retention

         • Janet Dudley

         Pages 97-100

   3. Formation and Evolution of Stars in Binary Systems

      1. New Observational Clues on Binary Formation in the Galaxy

         • David W. Latham

         Pages 103-107

      2. A Search for Planetary-Mass Companions to Nearby Stars

         • Bruce Campbell

         Pages 109-110

      3. Spectroscopic Binaries among Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars

         • Robert D. Mathieu

         Pages 111-115

      4. Binary Frequency among Pre-Main Sequence Stars in Taurus and Ophiuchus

         • M. Simon

         Pages 117-118

      5. Brown Dwarfs in Binary Systems

         • B. Zuckerman

         Pages 119-122

      6. Cloud Collapse and Fragmentation

         • A. P. Boss

         Pages 123-126

      7. Criteria for Collapse and Fragmentation of Rotating Clouds

         • Shoken M. Miyama

         Pages 127-128

      8. Mathematical Status of the Fission Theory

         • N. R. Lebovitz

         Pages 129-131

      9. Numerical Simulations of Fission

         • R. H. Durisen, S. Yang, R. Grabhorn

         Pages 133-135

      10. The J vs. M Relation for Binary Stars

          • J. E. Tohline

          Pages 137-138

      11. The Formation and Evolution of Binaries in Globular Clusters

          • Frank Verbunt

          Pages 139-142

It is the customary practice to report the major events of a General Assembly -the Invited Discourses, Joint Discussions and Joint Commission Meetings in Highlights of Astronomy. Vol. 8 reports the highlights of the XXth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, 1988 August 2-11, Baltimore, USA. The present volume contains the 3 Invited Discourses and papers presented at 7 Joint Discussion Meetings and 6 Joint Commission Meetings. Two Joint Commission Meetings will be reported elsewhere -JCM5 Spectroscopy of Individual Stars in Globular Clusters and the Early Chemical Evolution of our Galaxy (in summary only here, published by the Imprimerie de l'Observatoire de Paris) and JCM7 Star Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds (see Transactions of the IAU, Vol.XXB, report of Commission 37). I am most grateful to the authors of the invited discourses R.M. West and V.I. Moroz, M. Schmidt and M. Rees for sending me the manuscripts so promptly. I am also indebted to the Chairmen of the Joint Discussion and Joint Commission Meetings for their organisation of the meetings and for the assembly of their material for publication. Unfortunately the deadline for receipt of manuscripts coincided with an extended postal strike in France which seriously hindered the preparation of the volume for publication.

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• astronomy
• instruments
• optical interferometry
• quasar
• relativistic jet

• University of London Observatory, London, UK

  Derek McNally

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