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New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa

Proceedings of the International Conference on “Cold Dust and Galaxy Morphology” held in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 22–26, 1996

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Editors:
  1. David L. Block

    1. Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  2. J. Mayo Greenberg

    1. Huygens Astrophysics Laboratory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 209)

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Table of contents (93 papers)

  1. Dust and Morphology of High Redshift Radio Galaxies: Clues from Scattering

    1. Dust and Morphology of High Redshift Radio Galaxies: Clues from Scattering

      • Andrea Cimatti
      Pages 493-500

  2. Dust Obscured Quasars

    1. Dust Obscured Quasars

      • Paul J. Francis, Rachel J. Webster, Bruce A. Peterson, Michael J. Drinkwater, Frank J. Masci
      Pages 501-504

  3. The Opacity of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies and their Contribution to Quasar Absorption

    1. The Opacity of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies and Their Contribution to Quasar Absorption

      • C. D. Impey
      Pages 505-508

  4. The Morphology of Massive, Gas-Rich Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

    1. The Morphology of Massive, Gas-Rich Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

      • Patricia M. Knezek
      Pages 509-512

  5. 38 Micron Images of Galaxies: The Infrared Luminosity

    1. 38 Micron Images of Galaxies: The Infrared Luminosity

      • G. J. Stacey, T. L. Hayward, G. E. Gull, H. Latvakoski
      Pages 513-520

  6. Poster Papers

    1. Dust in Early-Type Galaxies: New Results on the Wavelength Dependence of the Extinction

      • N. Brosch
      Pages 521-522

    2. New Radiative Transfer Models of Disc Galaxies and the Scale-Length Test for Dust Diagnostics

      • R. L. M. Corradi, J. E. Beckman, M. S. Del Rio, A. Di Bartolomeo, E. Simonneau
      Pages 523-524

    3. The Distribution of Cold Dust within the Galaxy

      • J. I. Davies, M. Trewhella, H. Jones
      Pages 525-527

    4. Detection of Extended Dust in a Radio-Quiet Galaxy at Redshift 2.38

      • Paul J. Francis, Bruce E. Woodgate
      Pages 528-529

    5. Extinction in the Direction of the End-of-Bar Star Formation Region

      • T. J. Mahoney, P. L. Hammersley, M. López-Corredoira, F. Garzón, X. Calbet
      Pages 530-531

    6. Sampling the Bar Population

      • X. Calbet, M. Lopez-Corredoira, P. L. Hammersley, T. Mahoney, F. Garzón, J. E. Beckman
      Pages 532-533

    7. Chasing Shadows in the TMGS

      • P. L. Hammersley, T. Mahoney, F. Garzón, X. Calbet, M. Lopez-Corredoira
      Pages 534-535

    8. Imaging the Inner Galaxy

      • I. S. Glass
      Pages 536-538

    9. Fabry-Perot Imaging of Dust Grain Processing in M82

      • M. A. Greenhouse, S. Satyapal, H. A. Smith, C. E. Woodward, J. Fischer, W. J. Forrest et al.
      Pages 539-541

    10. The HI Content of a Complete Sample of SA Galaxies

      • W. K. Huchtmeier
      Pages 542-543

    11. Massive Galactic Halos and Dark Matter: Unusua Properties of Neutrinos in the De Sitter Universe

      • Nail H. Ibragimov
      Pages 544-546

    12. Dust in A Radio Galaxy At Z=4.25

      • Rob J. Ivison, Elese N. Archibald
      Pages 547-548

    13. Voyager Observations of Dust Scattered Starlig

      • J. Murthy, D. T. Hall, R. C. Henry, J. B. Holberg
      Pages 549-551

    14. Dust and Stars in the Nuclear Region of M51

      • N. Panagia, A. Capetti, S. Scuderi, H. Lamers, R. P. Kirshner
      Pages 552-553

    15. Gaseous and Stellar Responses to Spiral Perturbations Detected in the NIR

      • P. A. Patsis, P. Grosbøl
      Pages 554-555
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The date: September 30, 1880 The place: A private observatory in Hastings-on-Hudson Profession of the observer: A medical doctor The instrument: An l1-inch Clark refractor. The significance of that night marked one of the truly great turning points in the development of astronomical techniques: Dr Henry Draper, a wealthy New York medical doctor, had secured the first photograph of a nebula: a 51-minute exposure on a dry gelatinobromide plate showing the wispy nebulosity of the Orion Nebula. By March 1882, Draper had secured an exposure of 137 minutes, showing far richer detail of both bright and dark features. The rest is histapy. The photographic era heralded in a universe where hints of the presence of cosmic dust were strongly alluded to: from star-forming regions such as Messier 17, to the Horsehead Nebula in Orion, to the striking dark finger in the Cone Nebula, to the magnificent dark bands in the plane of our Milky Way. "Historically, astromomers from the very beginning have been afraid of dust.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    David L. Block

  • Huygens Astrophysics Laboratory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. Mayo Greenberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference on “Cold Dust and Galaxy Morphology” held in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 22–26, 1996

  • Editors: David L. Block, J. Mayo Greenberg

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0335-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4223-6Due: 31 October 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6637-2Published: 25 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0335-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 653

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics

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