Proceedings of the First European Astronomical Meeting Athens, September 4–9, 1972: Volume 2: Stars and the Milky Way System

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Variable Stars and Stellar Evolution....Pages 1-16
On the Stability of the Light Curves of Galactic Cepheids....Pages 17-30
On the Pulsation Amplitude of Cepheid Variables....Pages 31-35
The Influence of an Axial Rotation and a Tidal Action on the Non-Radial Oscillations of a Star, with Reference to the β Canis Majoris Stars....Pages 36-38
An Atlas of Nova Delphini 1967....Pages 39-41
Apsidal Motion in Close Binaries with Variable Orbital Period....Pages 42-52
The Radius-Luminosity Relation in Eclipsing Binaries....Pages 53-59
Kinematic Properties of Selected Visual Binaries....Pages 60-64
Gould’s Belt....Pages 65-75
On the Distribution of Stars in the Carina-Centaurus Region....Pages 76-82
Conclusions on Galactic Kinematics from Proper Motions with Respect to Galaxies....Pages 83-87
Molecules as Probes of the Interstellar Matter....Pages 88-114
Molecules in the Widely Distributed Interstellar Clouds....Pages 115-119
On the Homogeneity and the Kinetic Temperature of the Intercloud HI-Gas....Pages 120-123
The Outer Spiral Structure of the Galaxy and the High-Velocity Clouds....Pages 124-128
Very Long Baseline Interferometer Measurements of H 2 O Masers in Orion A, W49N, W3OH and VY CMa....Pages 129-130
High Resolution Search for Interstellar Lithium....Pages 131-139
Ionized Gas in the Direction of the Galactic Center I: Kinematics and Physical Conditions in the Nuclear Disk....Pages 140-156
Results of Lunar Occultations of the Galactic Center Region in HI, OH and H 2 CO Lines and in the Nearby Continua....Pages 157-163
A Model for the Galactic Center....Pages 164-164
Diffusion of Elements in the Galaxy....Pages 165-173
Narrow-Band Observations of Super-Metal-Rich Stars....Pages 174-177
Fine Analytic Abundance Determination of Magellanic Cloud A-Supergiants and its Importance for the Discrimination of Theories for the Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy....Pages 178-181
High Resolution Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra Obtained with the Orbiting Stellar Spectrophotometer S59....Pages 182-187
Infrared Astronomy....Pages 188-208
Interpretation of Far Infrared Observations....Pages 209-231
Infrared Techniques....Pages 232-242
Infrared Photometry of Galactic HII Regions....Pages 243-247
8–13 µm Spectrum of the Galactic Centre....Pages 248-248
High Speed Evaluation of Photographic Plates....Pages 249-254
Analysis of Electronographic Images....Pages 255-264
URSIES and the Bartol Coudé Observatory....Pages 265-272
The Problem of Three Bodies....Pages 273-278
Periodic Orbits of the Restricted Problem for Various Values of the Mass-Ratio....Pages 279-282
On the Possibility of a Resonance Capture of the Asteroid Toro by the Earth....Pages 283-289
Commensurable Mean Motions as a Tool in Solar System Dynamical Studies....Pages 290-290
Galactic Models and Stellar Orbits....Pages 291-325
The Gravitational N-Body Problem for Star Clusters....Pages 326-354
A Comparative Study of Periodic Orbits ( m <4) in Various Three-Dimensional Models of Our Galaxy....Pages 355-357
Back Matter....Pages 358-370