A giant step, from milli- to micro-arcsecond astrometry
Subtitle: proceedings of the 248th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Shanghai, China, October 15-19, 2007
By: edited by Wenjing Jin, Imants Platais, and Michael A.C. Perryman.
Contributors: Jin, Wenjing.; Platais, Imants.; Perryman, M. A. C.; International Astronomical Union.
Series: IAU symposium proceedings series -- no. 248; IAU symposium and colloquium proceedings series -- 248.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780521874700
Subjects: Hipparcos (Artificial satellite) -- Congresses; Astrometry -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Other titles: Proceedings of the 248th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union
Notes: At head of title: International Astronomical Union = Union astronomique internationale.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Hipparcos catalog; title: Highlights of optical astrometry; title: Astrometry with radio inteferometers; title: Space astrometry : status and the future; title: Celestial reference frames at multi-wavelengths; title: Towards reference frame at the micro-arcsecond level; title: Stellar parameters and galactic structure & evolution; title: Astrometric education and outreach; title: Astrometry in the age of large surveys and virtual observatories; title: Closing remarks.