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Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond

Proceedings of the 123RD Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S.A., April 24–27,1990

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  • © 1990

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  1. Y. Kondo

    1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 166)

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Table of contents (86 papers)

  1. Future Missions

    1. Ultraviolet Missions

      1. The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Mission
        • Stuart Bowyer
        Pages 153-169
      2. Lyman the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
        • Warren Moos
        Pages 171-176
      3. Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy with ORFEUS
        • G. Krämer, J. Barnstedt, N. Eberhard, M. Grewing, W. Gringel, C. Haas et al.
        Pages 177-184
      4. The SPECTRUM-UV Project
        • Y. Kondo
        Pages 185-190

    2. Infrared and Submillimeter Missions

      1. The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
        • Giovanni G. Fazio, Peter Eisenhardt
        Pages 193-203
      2. The Infrared Space Observatory
        • C. J. Cesarsky, M. F. Kessler
        Pages 205-214
      3. IRTS: Infrared Telescope in Space
        • Toshio Matsumoto
        Pages 215-222
      4. First — Far Infrared and Submillimetre Space Telescope
        • U. O. Frisk
        Pages 223-230
      5. A Submillimeter Mission for the 1990s: SMMM
        • T. G. Phillips
        Pages 231-249
      6. The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
        • G. J. Melnick
        Pages 251-251

    3. Radio Missions

      1. International VLBI Satellite (IVS)
        • R. T. Schilizzi
        Pages 255-262
      2. VSOP, A Space VLBI Programme
        • H. Hirabayashi
        Pages 263-269
      3. VLBI with TDRSS
        • R. P. Linfield
        Pages 271-274

    4. Solar System & Planetary Systems

      1. Soho — An Observatory to Study the Solar Interior and the Solar Atmosphere
        • A. I. Poland, V. Domingo
        Pages 277-284
      2. An Overview of the Orbiting Solar Laboratory
        • D. S. Spicer
        Pages 285-285
      3. The Planetenteleskop Mission
        • G. Neukum
        Pages 286-286
      4. The Astrometric Imaging Telescope: Near-Term Discovery and Study of Other Planetary Systems
        • Eugene H. Levy, George D. Gatewood, Richard J. Terrile
        Pages 287-287

    5. Shuttle-Borne Astro Missions

      1. Ultraviolet Polarimetry
        • A. D. Code, K. H. Nordsieck, C. M. Anderson
        Pages 291-291
      2. The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
        • A. Davidsen
        Pages 292-292
      3. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope for Astro 1
        • T. P. Stecher
        Pages 293-293
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About this book

When I became President of International Astronomical Union Commission 44 for the triennial period 1985-1988, several members of the Organizing Committee and I agreed that it would be a good idea for our Commission to host a conference on observatories in space in view of their increasingly important role in astronomi cal research. IAU Colloquium Number 123 "Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond" is the first colloquium sponsored by IAU Com mission 44 on Astronomy from Space, although Commission 44 has co-sponsored numerous colloquia and symposia in the past. The past two decades have seen a flourishing of astronomical observatories in space. Over a dozen orbiting observatories have opened up a new window on the universe, providing hitherto una vailable data in the electromagnetic spectral range from gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet to infrared and radio. This has clearly demon­ strated the crucial nature of astronomical observations from space. The invited talks of present colloquium consist primarily of reviews of currently operating observatories in space, future observatories that have been approved by sponsoring government or space agencies, the launch systems of U.S.A., E.S.A., U.S.S.R. and Japan, discussions of various orbits and sites (such as the Moon), and alternate approaches in designing space observatories. Several panel discus­ sions addressed those issues as well as the major unsolved problems of astronomy. Contributed poster papers included descriptions of space observatories that are in planning stage.

Editors and Affiliations

  • NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

    Y. Kondo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 123RD Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S.A., April 24–27,1990

  • Editors: Y. Kondo

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3454-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1133-1Published: 31 March 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5528-4Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3454-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 572

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics

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