Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A., June 8–10, 1976

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Infrared Space Astronomy—An Overview....Pages 3-11
Results from the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Survey Catalog....Pages 13-24
Further Observations of New Sources in the AFCRL Survey....Pages 25-33
Long-Term Infrared Monitoring of Stellar Sources from Earth Orbit....Pages 35-35
Balloon Observation of the Milky Way at Wavelength 2.4 µm....Pages 36-36
Prediction of the Diffuse Far-Infrared Flux from the Galactic Plane....Pages 37-37
Far Infrared Emission of Molecular Clouds....Pages 38-38
High-Energy Gamma-Ray Results from the COS-B Satellite and Infrared Astronomy....Pages 39-39
Search of “Invisible” Supernovae....Pages 40-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Infrared Emission from HII Regions....Pages 43-54
Radio Observations of HII Regions and Some Related Theoretical Work....Pages 55-75
Considerations for the Interpretation of Infrared Emission from Molecular Clouds....Pages 77-88
High Resolution Mapping of the Orion Nebula Region at 30, 50 and 100 Microns....Pages 89-89
High Resolution Far-Infrared Maps of HII Regions and the Galactic Center....Pages 90-90
New High Spectral Resolution Airborne Line Observations in the Far Infrared....Pages 91-91
Lamellar Grating Interferometry at 50µ to Beyond 600µ from the Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory....Pages 92-92
Far Infrared Polarization of Dust Clouds....Pages 93-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Infrared Observations of the Sun....Pages 97-106
The Solar Brightness Temperature in the Far Infrared....Pages 107-108
Infrared Observations of the Planets....Pages 109-120
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Far Infrared Spectral Observations of Venus, Mars and Jupiter....Pages 121-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Infrared Radiation from the Galactic Center....Pages 125-125
Far Infrared Spectral Observations of the Galactic Center Region from the Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory....Pages 126-126
High-Resolution Far Infrared Observations of SGR B2, W49, and DR21-W75....Pages 127-127
Infrared Observations of Extragalactic Sources....Pages 129-141
Spectrum and Isotropy of the Submillimeter Background Radiation....Pages 143-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Balloon-Borne Telescopes for Far-Infrared Astronomy....Pages 155-168
Infrared Observations from an Airborne Platform....Pages 169-170
Spectral and Polarimetric Instrumentation for the Aircraft Astrophysical Investigations in the Range 50–500 mkm....Pages 171-171
Far-Infrared Observations with a Small, Low-Background, Balloon-Borne Telescope....Pages 172-172
Simultaneous Multi-Color Far-Infrared Photometry....Pages 173-173
Comparison of Photoconductive-Bolometer Detectors on an Airborne System....Pages 174-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS)....Pages 177-183
Use of the Large Space Telescope for Infrared Observations....Pages 185-194
A 1-Meter Cryogenic Telescope for the Space Shuttle....Pages 195-206
Lirts: A Large Infrared Telescope for Spacelab....Pages 207-223
On the Detectability of Molecular Hydrogen with Iras....Pages 225-225
Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy....Pages 226-226