The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies

Proceedings of the 126th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., August 25–29, 1986

Jonathan E. Grindlay, A.G. Davis Philip (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

780 Seiten

1988 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-90-277-2665-0 (ISBN)

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In the centennial year, 1985-86, of Harlow Shapley's birth, the study of globular clusters was no less important to the development of astronomy than in 1915, when Shapley first noted their concentration on the sky. By 1917 Shapley had used the properties of the system of globular clusters to complete the Copernican revolution and locate the solar system, and its Earth-bound observers, far from the center of the Galaxy and the globular cluster distribution. Seven decades later, in the year of these proceedings, globular cluster research and the study of the system of globular clusters in our own and distant galaxies is undergoing a renaissance of activity. The introduction of new observational tools, particularly CCD imagers and digital spectrographs, as well as powerful theoretical methods have transformed the study of globular clusters into one of the main line areas of modern astrophysics. Thus it seemed particularly appropriate to one of us, when considering how the Harvard College Observatory might mark the Shapley centennial, to propose and plan for an IAU Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies. Planning for the Shapley Symposium, as it came to be called, was even more drawn out than the preparation of this volume. The Symposium was originally proposed to the IAU Secretariat in time for it to be held in August, 1985, so that it might occur in the centennial (calendar) year.

I Review Papers on Harlow Shapley.- II Review Papers on Globular Clusters in the Milky Way.- III: Review Papers on Globular Clusters in Nearby Galaxies.- IV Review Papers on Evolution of Globular Clusters.- V Review Papers on Globular Clusters as Tracers and HST.- VI Review Papers Summary.- VII Poster Papers on Harlow Shapley and Globular Clusters in the Milky Way.- VIII Poster Papers on Cluster Systems in Nearby Galaxies.- IX: Poster Papers on Cluster Systems in Distant Galaxies. Deep Photometry and CM Diagrams.- X Poster Papers on Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters.- Random Quotes.- Name Index.- Object Index.- Addresses Of Participants.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.1988
Reihe/Serie	International Astronomical Union Symposia ; 126
Zusatzinfo	133 Illustrations, black and white; 780 p. 133 illus.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
ISBN-10	90-277-2665-5 / 9027726655
ISBN-13	978-90-277-2665-0 / 9789027726650
Zustand	Neuware