Astrometric Binaries: An International Conference to Commemorate the Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846)

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Preface....Pages 1-1
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel — An Appreciation....Pages 3-10
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846)....Pages 11-19
Project HIPPARCOS....Pages 21-45
HIPPARCOS Astrometric Binaries....Pages 47-63
High Resolution Problems in Astrometry and Spectroscopy of Binaries and Their Significance for the Progress of Stellar Physics....Pages 65-74
SECAM — A Seeing-Controlled Camera for High-Resolution Photographs....Pages 75-76
Statistical Models for HIPPARCOS Binaries....Pages 77-87
De Media Aequinoctiorum Praecessione Atque De Nutatione Stellae SS433....Pages 89-94
Relativistic Astrometry....Pages 95-101
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel 1784, July 22-1846, March 17....Pages 103-104
Current Work on Binary and Multiple Stars....Pages 105-110
Modern Methods in the Astrometry of Double Stars....Pages 111-115
On the Observation of Double Stars for the Determination of Their Proper Motions....Pages 117-118
On the Determination of Double Star Orbits....Pages 119-124
Distribution of Astrometric Binaries in Various Galactic Latitudes....Pages 125-131
Astrometric Binaries and Their Role in Double Star Astronomy....Pages 133-134
Work on Astrometric Binaries in China....Pages 135-136
Close Triple Star Systems....Pages 137-141
Luminosity Distribution Function for Visual Binary Stars....Pages 143-148
The Frequency of Binaries with a Degenerate Component....Pages 149-152
Trapezium-Type Multiple Systems....Pages 153-158
A Search for CPM Stars....Pages 159-159
The Spectroscopic Study of Astrometric Binaries....Pages 161-162
G 82-23: A New Subdwarf-White Dwarf Binary....Pages 163-168
Accuracy of Close Binary Mass Determinations from Parallaxes....Pages 169-175
Epsilon Aurigae....Pages 177-181
The Heliometer Principle and Some Modern Applications....Pages 183-192
Bessel And Librations of the Moon....Pages 193-196
The Heliometer as a Tool for the Measure of the Moon....Pages 197-201
Concluding Remarks....Pages 203-207
Back Matter....Pages 209-210