Reviews in modern astronomy
Subtitle: 11 : Stars and galaxies
By: Reinhard E. Schielicke, ed
Publisher: Astronomische Gesellschaft
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Hamburg, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Stars; Congresses; Galaxies
Other titles: Stars and galaxies
Notes: Includes invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the International Scientific Conference of the Society on 'Stars and Galaxies,' held at Innsbruck, September 22 to 27, 1997.
Table of contents: title: Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: From central stars of planetary nebulae to white dwarfs / R. Napiwotzki; title: On the dynamics of bodies in our planetary system / R. Dvorak; title: Massive stars: the pre-supernova evolution of internal and circumstellar structure / N. Langer, A. Heger, and G. Garcia-Segura; title: The Hubble Deep Field / H.C. Ferguson; title: Neutral hydrogen in the Magellanic System / L. Staveley-Smith, S. Kim, M. Putman, S. Stanimirovic; title: Extragalactic planetary nebulae as mass tracers in the outer halos of early-type galaxies / M. Arnaboldi and M. Capaccioli; title: AGB stars and mass loss / E.A. Dorfi and S. Höfner; title: Planetary nebulae: the normal, the strange, and Sakurai's object / F. Kerber; title: Variable circumstellar structure of luminous hot stars: the impact of spectroscopic long-term campaigns / A. Kaufer.; title: Stellar variability as a tool in astrophysics. A joint research initiative in Austria / K.G. Strassmeier; title: Molecular gas in the inner Milky Way / R. Mauersberger and L. Bronfman; title: Elliptical galaxies / W.W. Zeilinger; title: Jets in active galaxies: new results from HST and VLA / H. Falcke; title: The deceleration of cosmic expansion / P. Schuecker and W.C. Seitter; title: Eclipse mapping of accretion disks / S. Vrielmann; title: Raman scattering and the geometric structure of symbiotic stars / H.M. Schmid; title: The Milky Way in the UV / L. Schmidtobreick, W. Schlosser, P. Koczet, S. Wiemann, and M. Jütte; title: From the Hubble Space Telescope to the Next Generation Space Telescope / R. Albrecht; title: Electronic publishing in its context and in a professional perspective / A. Heck.