Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging: Proceedings of the 161st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Potsdam, Germany, August 23–27, 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Importance of Wide-Field Imaging....Pages 3-11
Infrared Wide-Field Surveys....Pages 13-16
Wide Field Imaging and Photometry with 2k x 2k CCD....Pages 17-19
Beijing — Arizona Color (BAC) Sky Survey....Pages 20-21
Very Wide-Field Monitoring of the Sky....Pages 23-27
The Second Palomar Sky Survey....Pages 29-29
The Palomar Observatory-European Observatory Photographic Atlas of the Northern Sky....Pages 30-32
First Steps Toward a CCD-Based Sky Patrol....Pages 33-35
SNE from Surveys and Patrols....Pages 37-41
Sonneberg Observatory: Sky Patrol, Field Patrol, the World’s Largest Living WFPA....Pages 43-45
The Schmidt Telescope at Calar Alto Observatory....Pages 46-48
German Astrophysical Space Projects....Pages 49-51
Mouse: A Mini Observatory for UV Space Exploration of the Galactic Poles and Equator....Pages 52-54
Glazar-2: A Wide-Field Camera Aboard the Mir Space Station....Pages 55-56
Simultaneous Optical/Gamma-Ray Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 57-59
Wide-Field Photographic Versus Wide-Field CCD Techniques in the Activity Analysis of dM Stars....Pages 61-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The CCD Array Camera for the Macho Project....Pages 67-71
LITE: The Large Imaging Telescope....Pages 73-76
The Hitchhiker Parallel Camera and Studies of Faint Galaxies....Pages 77-78
CCD Imaging with a 1° Field....Pages 79-81
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Digital Image Processing and CCD Imaging at Gothard Astrophysical Observatory....Pages 82-83
A Flair for Multi-Object Spectroscopy....Pages 85-88
Near-Infrared Imaging with a Schmidt Telescope....Pages 89-90
The ESO Measuring Machines....Pages 91-92
Optical Systems for the ‘large Imaging Telescope’ (LITE)....Pages 93-99
Wide-Field-Imaging 3-Mirror-Systems with High Light Gathering Power and a Wide-Field Optical System for the ‘Large Imaging Telescope’ (LITE)....Pages 101-107
Newly Developed Diffraction Limited Optics Up to 180 Degrees Object Field....Pages 109-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Photography in Wide-Field Astronomy....Pages 117-125
Kodak and the Future of Astronomical Photography....Pages 127-128
Use of Kodak Tech-Pan Film at the Ukstu....Pages 129-139
Photographic Wide-Field Imaging from Schmidt Plates — I....Pages 141-145
Photographic Wide-Field Imaging from Schmidt Plates — II....Pages 147-149
Microspots on IIIa- Emulsions: New Results....Pages 151-156
Hydrogen-Sensitized Fine-Grain Quasi-T Astronomical Plates....Pages 157-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Digitization in Astronomy....Pages 163-166
Digitization Programs at STScI....Pages 167-171
Astrometric Programs with the New Hamburg Plate Measuring Machine....Pages 173-176
A Deep Wide-Field Survey from Digitally Stacked Schmidt Plates....Pages 177-181
Scanning the Sonneberg Plate Archive with DIA....Pages 183-184
A Universal Microphotometer with a Rotating Slit: Brief Description and Use in Astronomical Tasks....Pages 185-187
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
A Universal Microphotometer and Solar Corona Polarimetry....Pages 188-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Image Detection, Characterization and Classification, and the Future Role of CCDS in Wide-Field Astrometry....Pages 193-203
Cataloging the Northern Sky Using a new Generation of Software Technology....Pages 205-212
Image Inventory Using the Wavelet Transform....Pages 213-217
Data Compression and Wavelet Transforms....Pages 219-223
Star Image Identification and Characterization on Astrographic Plates....Pages 225-226
Classification: Astronomical and Mathematical Overview....Pages 227-233
The Performance of Neural Networks in Astronomical Image Classification....Pages 235-241
Automatic Morphological Classification of Galaxies....Pages 243-247
Faint Object Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 249-252
Recent Developments in the Work on Automated Spectral Classification by Means of Objective Prism Spectra....Pages 253-254
An Extended Scheme of Spectral Classification for Objective Prism Spectra....Pages 255-257
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Reference Catalogues — Present Status and Future Prospects....Pages 261-270
The System and Quality of the AGK3U....Pages 271-275
GSC 1.2 — A Subplate Reduction of the GSC....Pages 277-279
Simulation of Stellar Images for Schmidt Plate Astrometry....Pages 280-282
Astrometry with Wide-Field Telescopes in the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory....Pages 283-284
Some Results of CCD-Camera Based Astrometric Plate Measurements....Pages 285-287
Optimized Model-Functions for CCD-Camera Based Astrometric Plate Measurements....Pages 288-290
Astrometric Standard Fields for CCD Observations of Double Stars....Pages 291-293
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Photometric Calibration and Large-Scale Clustering in the Universe....Pages 295-300
Photometric Calibrators for all-Sky Surveys: The GSPC-II Program....Pages 301-303
Stellar Photometry with Wide Field CCDs: NGC 6822....Pages 305-308
Peculiarities of the Internal Photometrical Calibration Method Using Density Stellar Profiles....Pages 309-310
Multi-Parametric Iris-Photometry....Pages 311-311
A Photometrical Investigation on the RC System of the 2M Ritchey-Chretien Coude Telescope of the Rozhen Observatory....Pages 312-313
Intensity Calibration in the Presence of a Disturbing Effect Dependent on Wavelength....Pages 314-316
Brightness Calibration of Digitized Objective-Prism Plates....Pages 317-319
Digital Processing on Comets....Pages 321-327
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
The Future of Memory: Archiving Astronomical Information....Pages 331-337
Data Storage Technology: Coping with the Evolution....Pages 339-346
Aladin: an Interactive Deep Sky Mapping Facility....Pages 347-351
Client/Server Access to the Simbad Database within the Aladin Project....Pages 353-355
Pickles: A Wide-Field Imaging Tool....Pages 356-358
The WG WFI Plate Database (WFPDB): Present Status....Pages 359-364
The Harvard College Observatory Plate Collection....Pages 365-366
The Plate Archive of the Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope....Pages 367-368
The Sonneberg Plate Collection: Handling the Archive....Pages 369-370
Direct-Photography Observations with the 2 M RCC Telescope at Nao-Rozhen: Catalogue of Plates and Archive-Data Analysis....Pages 371-375
Catalogue of the Rozhen Observatory Schmidt Telescope....Pages 377-379
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Flare Stars Database....Pages 380-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Asteroid and Comet Surveys....Pages 385-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Star Counts and the Milky way Structure....Pages 403-410
The Luminosity and Mass Functions at the Bottom of the Main Sequence....Pages 411-415
The Galactic Disc Evolution From (V, B - V) Counts at the Galactic Pole....Pages 417-419
Vertical Metallicity Gradient of the Galaxy Based on UBV Starcount Data....Pages 420-422
Deep Multi-Colour Starcounts....Pages 423-424
Astrometry and Galactic Structure....Pages 425-434
The Vertical Structure and Kinematics of the Galaxy....Pages 435-439
Wide-Field Stellar Statistics from Tautenburg Schmidt Plates....Pages 441-443
Stellar Kinematics in the Galactic North Pole Region on the Basis of Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope Plates....Pages 444-446
A Complete, Multicolour Survey of Absolute Proper Motions in the Anticentre Direction at Intermediate Latitude: Kinematics of the Galaxy’S Stellar Populations....Pages 447-449
Milli-Arcsecond Proper Motions in the Pleiades....Pages 450-452
Orbits of Galactic Globular Clusters from Schmidt Plate Astrometry....Pages 453-459
Membership and Internal Motions of Faint Stars in the Globular Cluster M 	3....Pages 461-463
Absolute Proper and Space Motion of the Globular Cluster M2....Pages 464-466
Objective-Prism Surveys of the Galaxy....Pages 467-469
Objective Prism Study of Star Forming Regions....Pages 470-472
Observations of OB Stellar Associations with the Space Telescope Glazar....Pages 473-474
Wide-Field Observations of Variable Stars in the Region of NGC 7129....Pages 475-477
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
The Binaries-in-Clusters Program in the Age of Imaging....Pages 478-480
First Observations with the Bonn Wide-Field Photometer and Polarimeter (WWFPP): Surface Polarimetry of the Crab Nebula....Pages 481-483
CCD Imaging of Nearby Aged Planetary Nebulae....Pages 484-486
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
New Results on the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 489-496
Extended Surveys of MC Star Clusters....Pages 497-501
Hα Survey of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds....Pages 503-507
Surveys for Field Carbon Stars in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 509-512
Carbon Stars in the SMC....Pages 513-515
Wide Field Star Count Mapping of Large Scale Areas of Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 516-517
Qualitative Analysis of the Stellar Content in LMC Clusters and Fields Using Objective Prism Schmidt Plates....Pages 518-519
CCD and Schmidt-Plate Photometry and Astrometry in Region E of the LMC....Pages 520-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
DWARF Spheroidal Galaxies....Pages 525-533
Absolute Proper Motions of the DWARF Spheroidal Galaxies in Draco and Ursa Minor....Pages 535-539
Surveys of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies with 4415 Films....Pages 541-544
Recent Results from Low Surface Brightness Galaxy Surveys....Pages 545-547
Automatic Detection of Low-Surface Brightness Galaxies on Digital Images....Pages 549-552
Surface Photometry of Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxies in the Area of the NGC 972 Group of Galaxies....Pages 553-555
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Global Properties of Nearby Galaxies....Pages 559-566
Interacting Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster....Pages 567-576
Luminosity Function and Spatial Distribution of Nearby Galaxies....Pages 577-581
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Hunting for Globular Cluster Candidates in the Far Halo (d > 20 kpc) of M 31 with the Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope....Pages 583-586
An Efficient Method to Survey Typical Objects in Nearby Galaxies....Pages 587-588
Dust in Nearby DWARF Galaxies....Pages 589-591
UBV Photometry in the Group of Galaxies NGC 2805, NGC 2814, NGC 2820 and MKN 108....Pages 592-593
Photographic Surface Photometry of Bright Galaxies in the M 81 Group....Pages 594-595
A Burst of Star Formation in Galaxies of the M 81 Group....Pages 596-598
Wide-Field Imaging of Nearby Galaxies in Near-Infrared Bands....Pages 599-600
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Surface Photometry of Galaxies in the Pisces-Perseus Region....Pages 603-609
An Automatic Approach for Selecting New Hα Emission-Line Galaxies....Pages 611-614
A Survey for Ultraviolet-Excess Galaxies with the Kiso Schmidt Telescope....Pages 615-617
Photometry of Hickson Compact Group N.90....Pages 619-622
Observational Properties of the Shakhbazian Groups SHKH 30 and SHKH 360....Pages 623-625
The Photometric and Geometric Parameters of Galaxies in Clusters A 1983, 2065....Pages 626-628
Luminosity Distribution in CD Clusters....Pages 629-631
Wide-Field Galaxy and Cluster Surveys Using Cosmos....Pages 632-634
Galaxy Clustering to B = 27 m ....Pages 635-643
Galaxy Number-Counts to B = 28 m ....Pages 645-648
The Evolution of Galaxies in the Last 10 GYR....Pages 649-651
Optical Identification of Rosat All-Sky Survey Galaxy Cluster Candidates....Pages 653-657
Rosat-Detected Galaxies in the Iras Faint Source Database (FSDB)....Pages 658-659
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Rapid X-Ray Variability and the Fe II Problem in I ZW 1 objects....Pages 660-661
Extreme Starburst or Central Activity in X-Ray Luminous Iras Galaxies....Pages 662-663
Cluster Abundance as Test of the Primordial Perturbation Spectrum....Pages 664-666
Front Matter....Pages 667-667
Mapping the Large-Scale Structure....Pages 669-686
A Redshift Survey in the South Galactic Pole Region....Pages 687-691
Large-Scale Structure in the Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey....Pages 693-697
The Muenster Redshift Project (MRSP)....Pages 699-704
Search for Faint Galaxies Towards Nearby Voids....Pages 705-708
Slitless Spectroscopy with Photographic and CCD Detectors Across Large Fields....Pages 709-714
Unbiased Multi-Parametric Estimations of Distances and Peculiar Velocities of the Galaxies....Pages 715-717
Front Matter....Pages 719-719
Quasar Variability from Microlensing....Pages 721-722
The Hamburg/ESO Survey for Bright Qsos — Slitless Spectroscopy at High Resolution....Pages 723-727
The Hamburg Quasar Survey....Pages 729-730
The Second Byurakan Survey....Pages 731-736
A Study of the Optical Long-Term Behaviour of Quasars....Pages 737-739
Systematic Search for Quasar Candidates Using the Mama Microdensitometer....Pages 740-742
Front Matter....Pages 743-743
An Overview of Wide Field Imaging....Pages 745-751
Back Matter....Pages 753-760