INFORMATION BULLETIN No. 80
June 1997
CONTENTS
Editorial
1. GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
1.1. The XXIIIrd General Assembly, Kyoto, Japan
1.1.1. Calendar of the General Assembly, Administrative Sessions 2 - 3
& Business Meetings
1.1.2. Agenda of the Opening and Closing Sessions
1.1.3. Agenda of the Administrative Sessions:
Meetings of the National Representatives
Nominating Committee
Finance Committee
1.1.4. Scientific Programme: Calendar of Events
1.1.5. Last Announcements from the LOC
1.2. XXIVth General Assembly
2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
2.1. Dates of the 69th and 70th Meetings
2.2. Report of the Executive Committee 1994 - 1997
2.3. IAU Accounts 1994 - 1996
2.4. Proposed Budget 1997 - 2000
3. SCIENTIFIC & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
3.1. Commission 38: Exchange of Astronomers
IAU Travel Grants: Guidelines
3.2. Commission 46: Teaching of Astronomy
3.2.1. 23rd IAU International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA)
3.2.2. Teaching for Astronomy Development (TAD)
3.3. Future IAU Scientific Meetings
3.3.1. Deadline
3.3.2. Future IAU Symposia
3.3.3. Future IAU Colloquia
4. OTHER SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF INTEREST
TO IAU MEMBERS
5. IAU PUBLICATIONS
5.1. New Publishing Contract
5.2. Transactions XXIIIA: Reports on Astronomy
5.2. Symposia
6. MEMBERSHIP: WWW
7. OTHER MATTERS
Information on UTC - TAI
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EDITORIAL
Among other information this IB contains a short version of the triennial
report of the IAU Executive Committee for the years 1994-1997 and the
proposed IAU budget for the years 1998-2000. This proposed budget has been
sent in November 1996 to all IAU Adhering Organisations for discussion and
approval at the XXIIIrd General Assembly in Kyoto.
As this is the last IB appearing before the Kyoto General Assembly, it also
contains some additional information on the General Assembly.
Thanks to generous subventions by the European Space Agency, the European
Southern Observatory and the US National Aeronautical and Space
Administration the IAU was able to provide more than 280 travel grants for
active participants and young astronomers planning to attend the Kyoto
General Assembly and the attached Symposia. Additional 160 travel grants
have been provided by the Local Organising Committee of the Kyoto Meeting.
On behalf of the IAU I would like to express our sincere thanks to all these
organisations for this highly valuable support of our work.
Finally, I am particularly pleased to report that thanks to the kind
cooperation of the Symposia and Joint Discussion Scientific Organising
Committees and the efficient work of the Kyoto Local Organising Committee
and our Paris office the preparations for the Kyoto General Assembly
continue progressing very smoothly.
I am looking forward to seeing you there in August.
Immo Appenzeller, General Secretary
May 16, 1997
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1. GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
1.1. THE XXIIIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
KYOTO, JAPAN, AUGUST 18-30, 1997
1.1.1. CALENDAR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
ADMINISTRATIVE SESSIONS AND BUSINESS MEETINGS (PART I)
see IB 78
CALENDAR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
ADMINISTRATIVE SESSIONS AND BUSINESS MEETINGS (PART II)
see IB 78
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1.1.2. AGENDA OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING SESSIONS
Main Hall
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA
First Session: Wednesday afternoon, August 20, 1997
1. Formal Opening by the President
2. Appointment of Official Interpreters
3. Report of the Executive Committee 1994-1997
4. Report by the President on the Work of the Special Nominating
Committee
5. Official Representatives of Adhering Organisations
& Representatives to serve on the Nominating Committee
6. Names of Acting Presidents of Commissions
7. Appointment of the Finance Committee
8. Vote on the changes of the Statutes and Bye Laws
9. Resolutions submitted by Adhering Organisations
10. Resolutions submitted by Commissions or Associated Inter-Union Commissions
Second Session: Wednesday afternoon, August 27, 1997
11. Financial matters
Report of the Finance Committee
Vote on proposed budget for 1998-2000
12. Nomination of Commission Presidents & Vice-Presidents
13. Resolutions submitted by the Executive Committee
14. Resolutions proposed by the Resolution Committee
15. Resolutions proposed by the Commissions
16. Appointment of the Resolutions Committee 1997-2000
17. Appointment of the Special Nominating Committee 1997-2000 (SNC)
18. Application for IAU Membership
19. Nomination of New Members of the Union
20. IAU Representatives to other ICSU & International Institutions
(1997-2000)
21. Place and Date of the XXIVth General Assembly
22. Election to the Union of a President, a President-elect, six
Vice-Presidents, a General Secretary and an Assistant General Secretary
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1.1.3. ADMINISTRATIVE SESSIONS
AGENDA OF THE MEETINGS OF THE
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Monday August 18 & Monday August 25, 1997, 9:00 - 10:00
Room K
1. Welcome
2. Membership -Adhering Organisations Represented
3. Voting Procedure
4. Duties of the National Representatives
5. Category of Adherence
6. Accounts 1994-1997
7. Residual Budget 1997
8. Unit of Contribution 1998-2000
9. Budget 1998-2000
10. Revision of Bye-Law 24
11. AOB
NOMINATING COMMITTEE AGENDA
Monday August 18 & Monday August 25, 1997, 10:00 - 11:00
Room K
1. Welcome
2. Membership - Adhering Organisations Represented
3. Duties of Nominating Committee
4. To receive and consider list of New Members proposed by Adhering
Organisations
5. To receive and consider list of New Members proposed by
Executive Committee, Presidents of Commission, etc.
6. To produce a finalised single list of New Members of the Union
7. Vote for four members of the Special Nominating Committee
1997-2000 from a list of 12 selected by Presidents of Divisions
8. AOB
FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA
Monday August 18 & Monday August 25, 1997, 11:00 - 12:00
Room K
1. Welcome
2. Membership -Adhering Organisations Represented
3. Duties of the Finance Committee:
a. to examine the Accounts 1994-1996
b. to examine the Residual Budget 1997
c. to consider the Unit of Contribution 1998-2000
d. to consider the Budget 1997-2000
4. Appointment of the Finance Sub-Committee
5. Category of Adherence by Adhering Organisations
6. Default on Dues
7. Report of the Finance Committee
8. AOB
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1.1.4. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME: CALENDAR OF EVENTS
see IB 78
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1.1.5. LAST ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE LOC
ERRATUM ON ADVISORY BOARD
Kenji Akabane, Prof. Emeritus, belongs to University of Tokyo
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(LOC)
Naoteru Gouda (Osaka University) Masaaki Sakagami (Kyoto University)
Ryuko Hirata (Kyoto University) Hajime Sugai (Kyoto University)
Taichi Kato (Kyoto University) Hatsue Toya-Suzuki (NAO)
(NAO: National Astronomical Observatory)
STATUS OF EARLY REGISTRATION
We have already received 1,150 registrations by 30 April 1997. The expected
final number of registered attendants is about 1,600.
INFORMATION ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WWW
We provide the latest information by way of the World-Wide Web (WWW) which
is frequently up-dated through the Astronomical Society of Japan. The URL
of our page is:
http://www.tenmon.or.jp/iau97/
>From this page, you can also visit other servers providing useful
information about Kyoto and Japan.
The additional items to be found on the WWW are:
- Banking Information
- Train Timetables
- Low Price Accommodations' Information
- Link to WWW of Hotels which you can book through JTB
- Photographic Images of Transportation
E-MAIL INFORMATION SERVICE
We provide the latest information also by E-mails. Information is itemized
as General Information, Registration, Accommodation, Forms, LaTeX Template,
etc. Each item is automatically sent back to anyone who sent an E-mail with
a specific digit code in its Subject field to the following address:
iau97-info@tenmon.or.jp
No mail body is necessary. The detailed usage of this service is obtained
by sending any (blank) E-mail with "help" in its Subject field. The
released information is frequently up-dated.
As of April 9, 1997, the latest information can be otained by sending
messages whose Subject-field has one of the following request numbers:
Request Number/Contents Updated Date
Practical Information
11 Travel Jan 13, 1997
12 Registration Feb 18, 1997
13 Reservations for Hotel Accommodation,
Social & Cultural Events, & Tours Jan 13, 1997
14 How to Reduce Your Expenses Jan 13, 1997
15 General Information on Facilities Jan 13, 1997
161 Registration Form (sent by e-mail) Nov 25, 1996
162 Registration Form (sent by postal mail or facsimile) Jan 13, 1997
17 Hotel/Tour Application Form Jan 13, 1997
Additional Information
181 Banking Infomation Apr 8, 1997
182 Low Price Accommodations Apr 10, 1997
Scientific Presentations
21 Scientific Presentations Jan 13, 1997
Scientific Programme
32 Overview in IB78 Oct 13, 1996
33 Individual Programmes: Symposia Oct 13, 1996
34 Individual Programmes: Joint Discussions (1-8) Oct 13, 1996
35 Individual Programmes: Joint Discussions (9-16) Feb 15, 1997
36 Individual Programmes: Joint Discussions (17-24) Oct 13, 1996
37 Individual Programmes: Special Sessions Oct 13, 1996
VISAS
As of May 1997, no visa is required for short-stay visitors to Japan from 2
more countries other than those listed in the Information Bulletin 79:
Andorra (90 days), The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (3 months).
Those from other countries and regions are requested to contact the nearest
Consular Office or Embassy of Japan AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The Local
Organizing Committee will make any possible efforts to assist participants
in obtaining visas when necessary. In some cases, documents prepared by the
LOC will be required by the Consular Offices in visa applications. Note
that the documents from the LOC only prove the purpose of your visit to
Japan and do not guarantee any financial support.
If you need assistance, please contact the LOC by providing the following
information:
1. full name and home address,
2. date and place of birth,
3. citizenship,
4. affiliation and office address,
5. date of issue and passport number of the visa applicant,
6. date and place (and preferably number) of visa application,
7. trip schedule,
8. facsimile number and/or E-mail address
HOW TO GET TO THE VENUE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MINIMAL INFORMATION
The XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU is to be held in "Kyoto Kokusai
Kaikan" [pronounce as Kyo-o-to Kokusa-i Ka-i-kan in Japanese], i.e. the
Kyoto International Conference Hall (KICH) whose address is Takaraga-ike,
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The easiest ways to reach this venue from Kyoto (Kansai)
and Tokyo (Narita) international airports are indicated below. Please check
Information Bulletin 79 for details.
Kansai International Airport (KIX), close to Kyoto
From KIX JR Station to Kyoto Station
We strongly recommend you to take the limited express "Haruka" train for
Kyoto. Seats must been booked when buying the ticket from the Kansai-kuko
[Kansa-i-ku-u-ko-o] station. The fare, including the supplemental charge,
is 3690 Yen. It takes 75 minutes from the JR (NOT NANKAI) station in Kansai
International Airport to Kyoto station. As of May 1997, the service hours
of "Haruka" trains from/to the airport are as follows:
Express "Haruka" trains
From To Service Hours Typical Interval
KIX Kyoto Station 6:29 - 22:18 30 min (Monday-Friday)
KIX Kyoto Station 6:41 - 22:18 30 min (Sunday, Saturday)
Kyoto Station KIX 5:31 - 20:16 30 min (any week day)
Subway from Kyoto station to Kokusai-kaikan [Koku-sa-i-ka-i-kan] station
Take Kyoto subway which is the one and only subway line in Kyoto at Kyoto
station to its Kokusai-kaikan station terminus ("Kokusai-kaikan" meaning
"International conference hall"). The station is just in front of the
Kyoto International Conference Hall. The service hours are 5:30 to 23:45
and the frequency of the subway trains is four to seven minutes. The fare
between Kyoto station and Kokusai-kaikan station is about 260 Yen.
New Tokyo International Airport: Narita (NRT), close to Tokyo
From NRT (JR) Station to Tokyo Station
From Narita-kuko [Narita-ku-u-ko-o] station (JR) in New Tokyo International
Airport, we strongly recommend you to take any of the "Narita express"
trains to Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ikebukuro, or Ofuna (all these trains are
through Tokyo station). Seats must been booked when buying the ticket at
any JR (NOT KEISEI) desk in Narita-kuko station. The fare from NRT to Tokyo
station, including the supplemental charge, is 3140 Yen and it takes 60
minutes to Tokyo station. As of May 1997, the service hours of "Narita
express" trains from/to the airport are as follows:
"Narita Express" trains
From To Service Hours Typical Interval
NRT Tokyo station 7:43 - 21:42 30 or 60 min
Tokyo station NRT 6:30 - 20:03 30 or 60 min
Train from Tokyo Station to Kyoto Station
"Shinkansen", i.e. high speed trains, also called bullets, are available
there. The fares of the "Nozomi" (fastest trains of Shinkansen) or "Hikari"
(slightly slower and cheaper than "Nozomi") from Tokyo to Kyoto, including
the supplemental charges, are 14,390 Yen and 13,420 Yen, respectively for a
journey of 140 or 180 minutes. Seats must be booked when buying the ticket
at any JR stations, say Tokyo station, and Narita-kuko JR station at NRT
before getting on the "Nozomi", whereas booking is not obligatory although
recommended for "Hikari". As of May 1997, the service hours of "Shinkansen"
between Tokyo and Kyoto are as follows:
"Shinkansen" ("Nozomi" or "Hikari" trains)
From To Service Hours Typical Frequency
Tokyo Station Kyoto Station 6:07 - 21:18 8 trains an hour
Kyoto Station Tokyo Station 6:17 - 21:34 8 trains an hour
Subway from Kyoto station to Kokusai-kaikan [Koku-sa-i-ka-i-kan] station
See page 13.
By sea
Some regular ship services are available to Japan from Russia, China, and
Korea.
Port (Country) Port in Japan
Vladivostok (Russia) Niigata, Fushiki
Shanghai (China) Osaka, Kobe, Nagasaki
Tsingtao (China) Shimonoseki
Tientsin (China) Kobe
Pusan (Korea) Hakata, Shimonoseki
Please check Information Bulletin 79 p. [27], Figure 2: Connection map
to/from Seaports.
UPDATED INFORMATION
Consumer's tax
Since April 1997 the consumer's tax in Japan (Sho-o-hize-i) is 5 % instead
of 3 %.
Some fare and fee may be updated, compared to those shown in the Information
Bulletin 79.
Social & Cultural Events
Welcome Brass Concert [Wednesday August 20, evening] Free of charge
The brass concert, previously proposed, will be replaced by other amusement,
although the time allocation is the same.
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LOW PRICE ACCOMMODATIONS (errata about contact address)
Buddhist temple lodging: Shukubo-o
For Shukubo-o please contact them directly. As we know the following three
Shukubo-o's will accept.
Name Facsimile Postal Address
Gesshin-in 81 75 561 8088 Yasaka-toriimae, Simogawara-dori, Higashiyama-ku,
Kyoto
Kosho-kaikan 81 75 343 2124 Horikawa-dori-shichijo-nishikitakado,
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Myorenji Temple 81 75 451 3597 Teranouchi, Omiya-higashi-iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
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SYSTEMATIC NAME OF PLACE IN KYOTO CITY
COORDINATE IN KYOTO
The location names of Kyoto city are unique and systematic. Most of them
are named after a sort of Cartesian coordinates. The crossing point of the
street A and B is called A-B or B-A. For example the crossing point of
Shijo-Dori and Karasuma-Dori is Shijo-Karasuma (Dori means street in
Japanese). By this systematic naming you can easily find where you are or
where your destination is.
However, please also note that some crossing points are not called following
this rule, such as Hyakumanben and Enmachi, etc.
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1.2. XXIVTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
See IB 79 p. 2
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2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
2.1. DATES OF THE 69TH AND 70TH MEETINGS
OF THE IAU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The 69th and 70th Meetings of the IAU Executive Committee will take place in
connection with the XXIIIrd IAU General Assembly in August 1997 in Kyoto, Japan.
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2.2. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1994-1997
The present report covers the period between the conclusion of the XXIInd
General Assembly and the XXIIIrd General Assembly.
Composition of the Executive Committee 1994-1997
L. Woltjer President
R.P. Kraft President-Elect
I. Appenzeller General Secretary
J. Andersen Assistant General Secretary
C.A. Anguita Vice-President
B. Hidayat Vice-President
D.S. Mathewson Vice-President
F. Pacini Vice-President
J.I. Smak Vice-President
V.L. Trimble Vice-President
A.A. Boyarchuk Advisor
J. Bergeron Advisor
Executive Committee Meetings
65th Meeting, August 14, 15, 16 & 22, 1994, The Hague, The Netherlands
66th Meeting, August 25, 1994, The Hague, The Netherlands
67th Meeting, August 18 - 21, 1995, Canberra, Australia
68th Meeting, June 23 - 25, 1996, Baltimore, USA
Officers Meetings
February 25 & 26, 1995, Paris, France
February 25, 1996, Paris, France
February 24, 1997, Paris, France
The activities of the Executive Committee were recorded in the minutes of
the Executive Committee meetings and summaries of these minutes were
published in the IAU Information Bulletin (EC 65: IB 74, p. 25; EC 66: IB
74, p. 25; EC 67: IB 76, p. 5 & EC 68: IB 79, p. 3).
The main issues addressed and decisions were:
- The implementation of the new "Division" structure of the IAU following
the proposal adopted by the XXIInd General Assembly in The Hague;
- Adaptation of the IAU Statutes, By-Laws and Working Rules to the new
Division structure;
- Modifications of the Statutes and By-Laws to allow the individual
membership of astronomers not represented by a national adhering organisation;
Introduction of the Teaching of Astronomy Development (TAD) Programme;
- Establishment of a new (EC) Working Group for Future Large Scale Facilities;
- Conclusion of a new IAU Publishing Contract for the years 1998-2003;
- The use of the World Wide Web as a new major means of communication within
the Union.
IAU Secretariat:
The secretariat continued to function at its headquarters in Paris (98 bis,
Boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France) according to an agreement with the
French "Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers-CNRS" reached in
November 1989.
There has been no change in the IAU staff: Mrs. Monique Léger-Orine is the
IAU Administrative Assistant, as of September 1, 1987, and Ms. Julie Saucedo
is the IAU Secretary, as of July 9, 1990.
Adhering Countries:
Amongst the states of the former Soviet Union, the Academies of Sciences of
Azerbajan, Georgia and Latvia have become national members of the IAU.
Of the former State of Yugoslavia, Croatia joined the Union.
Since Cuba and the DPR Korea had not paid their dues for over five years,
the adherence of these countries to the IAU as full members terminated
according to Article 7 of the IAU Statutes.
Adhering Countries: summary as of April 30, 1997:
Number of Adhering National Organisations 60
full statute 56
associate statute 4
Individual Membership and Consultants:
674 new individual members were admitted to the Union at the XXIInd General
Assembly.
Number of individual members as of May 12, 1997 7497
Number of consultants as of May 12, 1994 219
Commissions of the IAU
Commission 44 (Astronomy from Space) and 48 (High Energy Astrophysics)
merged to form the new Commission 44 (Space and High Energy Astrophysics)
Commission 20: Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites
Minor Planet Circulars were issued, under the direction of B.G. Marsden in
l994, l995 and l996, to a total of 1847, 1954 & l919 pages respectively and
in l991, l992 and l993, 333, 396 & 383 minor planets were numbered
respectively.
Commission 38: Exchange of Astronomers
The aim of this programme is to provide support to astronomers from
developing countries who spend periods over three months at a foreign host
institution to pursue their training and formation in astronomy and their
scientific collaboration with other astronomers. Priority is given to young
astronomers. During the 1994 - 1997 triennium, 31 grants were awarded to
this programme.
Commission 46: Teaching of Astronomy
International Schools for Young Astronomers (ISYAs)
Each school is planned for three weeks. It consists of both lectures by
national and international senior astronomers, with usually an emphasis on a
broad astronomical theme, and introduction to observational technics, at an
active observatory when possible, and to data reduction and analysis.
Attending students and young astronomers are both from the host country and
nearby countries.
The following ISYAs took place during the triennium:
21st ISYA Cairo University and Kottamia Observatory, Egypt,
September 18 - October 8, 1994
22nd ISYA Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 9 - 29 July, 1995
23rd ISYA Zanjan, Iran, 4 - 27 July, 1997
Scientific Meetings held
During the triennium, 20 Symposia, 18 Colloquia and 2 Regional Astronomy
Meetings (VIIth Latin-American RAM and VIth Asian-Pacific RAM) were held.
The Union also co-sponsored 9 meetings with other international Unions and
ICSU Committees.
The XXIInd General Assembly was held in The Hague, The Netherlands, August
15 - 27, 1994. IAU Transactions XXIIB (1994) contain the Report of the
Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Union, the 6 Resolutions adopted
by the General Assembly and the Report of the business and scientific
sessions of the forty IAU Commissions.
Publications
IAU INFORMATION BULLETIN: seven issues N. 74-80
IAU TRANSACTIONS XXIIB - Proceedings of the
Twenty-second General Assembly, The Hague 1994,
Ed. I. Appenzeller
IAU TRANSACTIONS XXIIIA (Reports 1996) - Reports on Astronomy,
Ed. I. Appenzeller
HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY 10, 1995
Ed. I. Appenzeller
MEMBERSHIP LIST 1994/1997
Fourteen Symposia:
160 ASTEROIDS, COMETS, METEORS 1993
Eds. A. Milani, M. di Martino & A. Cellino
161 ASTRONOMY FROM WIDE-FIELD IMAGING
Eds. H.T. MacGillivray, E.B. Thomson, B.M. Lasker, I.N. Reid, D.F. Malin,
R.M. West & H. Lorenz
162 PULSATION, ROTATION AND MASS LOSS IN EARLY-TYPE STARS
Eds. L.A. Balona, H.F. Henrichs & J.M. Le Contel
163 WOLF-RAYET STARS: BINARIES, COLLIDING WINDS, EVOLUTION
Eds. K.A. van der Hucht & P.M. Williams
164 STELLAR POPULATIONS
Eds. P.C. van der Kruit & G. Gilmore
165 COMPACT STARS IN BINARIES
Eds. J. van Paradijs, E.P.J. van den Heuvel & E. Kuulkers
166 ASTRONOMICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL OBJECTIVES OF SUB-MILLIARCSECOND OPTICAL
ASTROMETRY
Eds. E. Hog & P.K. Seidelmann
167 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ARRAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
Eds. A.G. Davis Philip, K.A. Janes & A.R. Upgren
168 EXAMINING THE BIG BANG AND DIFFUSE BACKGROUND RADIATIONS
Eds. M. Kafatos & Y. Kondo
169 UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF THE MILKY WAY
Eds. L. Blitz & P. Teuben
170 CO: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MILLIMETRE-WAVE SPECTROSCOPY
Eds. W.B. Latter, S.J.E. Radford, P.R. Jewell, J.G. Mangum & J. Bally
171 NEW LIGHT ON GALAXY EVOLUTION
Eds. R. Bender & R.L. Davies
172 DYNAMICS, EPHEMERIDES AND ASTROMETRY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Eds. S. Ferraz-Mello & J.-E. Arlot
173 ASTROPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS OF GRAVITATIONAL LENSING
Eds. C.S. Kochanek & J.N. Hewitt
174 DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION OF STAR CLUSTERS
- CONFRONTATION OF THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS
Eds. P. Hut & J. Makino
175 EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO SOURCES
Eds. R. Ekers, C. Fanti & L. Padrielli
176 STELLAR SURFACE STRUCTURE
Eds. K.G. Strassmeier & J.L. Linsky
178 MOLECULES IN ASTROPHYSICS: PROBES AND PROCESSES
Ed. E.F. van Dishoeck
Relations to other International Organisations
The IAU was represented by the Assistant General Secretary at the following
meetings of ICSU: Meetings of the General Committee, at Rabat, Morocco,
October 13-15, 1994 and at Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 7-9, 1995 and the
XXVth General Assembly, held at Washington, DC, September, 1996.
The IAU was represented by the General Secretary, at the XXXIst Plenary
Meeting of COSPAR and the ICSU Inter-Union Committee for Space Research,
held at Birmingham, UK, July 14 - 21, 1996.
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2.3. IAU ACCOUNTS 1994-1996
TRIENNIUM 1994-1996 STATEMENT OF INCOME (CHF)
Paris, January 26, 1997
1991-1993 1994 1995 1996 1994-1996
ADHERING ORGANIZATIONS 1728101 619862 647150 562835 1829847
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS 176300 184166 2122 22451 208739
ICSU/UNESCO
ICSU: General 26091 11880 15480 27360
UNESCO: General 67926 17424 13416 30480
ICSU/AEI 26221
UNESCO/AEI 30773 5800 5800
COSPAR/AEI 720
Total 151731 29304 5800 28896 64000
PUBLICATIONS: ROYALTIES 193545 64114 62803 63750 190667
BANK INTERESTS
Current accounts 2511 109 197 43 349
Deposit accounts 117283 17279 23473 6957 47709
Saving accounts 1109
Money market 35305 20706 11327 11660 43693
Total 156210 38094 34997 18660 91751
OTHER INCOME
Refund grants 2207 6467 6467
Refunds SPM/CQM 7496
Refunds bank 508
Refund Union
representation 4415
Gain on exchange
1 Jan current year 9038 35404 35404
Gain on internal transfers 4890 1503 2 6310 7815
Total 28557 7970 2 41714 49686
TOTAL INCOME 2434443 943510 752874 738306 2434690
TRIENNIUM 1994-1996 STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE (CHF)
Paris, January 26, 1997
1991-1993 1994 1995 1996 1994-1996 1994-1996
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
General Assembly
Grants (XXI) 132685
Grants (XXII) 31040 402321 402321
Commission Presidents 48687 22997 22997
Staff 19423 2688 2688
Operation (XXI) 17218
Operation (XXII) 9293 15448 163 15611
Operation (XXIII) 579 2124 2703
Operation (XXIV) 2533 2533
Executive Committee 81848 79101 79101
Meetings
Symposia/Colloquia 409398 85000 225994 256193 567187
Co-sponsored Meetings 39657 12923 2727 8000 23650
Regional Meetings 49156 24123 25000 49123
AEI IAU/UNESCO meeting 60420
Other meetings 15036 142 3000 18178
Research projects
ISYA (46) 65792 31138 25183 56321
VLP/TAD (46) 6094 1839 21418 23257
EC WGs 18930 1207 10517 14242 25966
Exchange of Astronomers
(38) 39513 17456 15752 17481 50689
Archives 2301 15355 17656
Others 9636
Commission Activities
Telegram Bureau (06) 17727 3270 4000 7270
Minor Planet Center (20) 7300 3372 3372
Meteor Data Center (22) 6425 1100 1000 1000 3100
Variable Star Catalogue
(27) 7300 3728 3728
Astronomy Teaching (46) 10593 2047 2047
Commission WGs (20) 11124 5494 831 6325
Others 1878
Representation to other
Unions 10536 7341 8287 9119 24747
Total 1111681 708591 326340 375639 1410570
TRIENNIUM 1994-1996 (ctd) STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE (CHF)
1991-1993 1994 1995 1996 1994-1996
DUES TO UNIONS /ORGANIZATIONS
ICSU 67706 11290 10543 12144 33977
IERS/FAGS 19915 7000 7000 7000 21000
IUCAF 23389 7500 7500 7500 23500
CTS 1768
Total 112778 25790 25043 26644 77477
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Executive committee
meetings 79525 507 35137 37319 72963
Officers meetings 12698 5222 2215 4430 11867
SNC expenditure 8104
General Secretary
expenditure 12969 9046 19044 18060 46150
Representation 5167 971 1851 2822
President expenses 1792
Total 120258 15746 58247 59809 133802
PUBLICATIONS
Information Bulletin 167850 23319 21118 41156 85593
Free Distribution 20909 27854 22733 34561 85148
IAU History 6662 3666 3666
Total 195421 54839 43851 75717 174407
ADMINISTRATION/SECRETARIAT
Salaries
Salaries & Charges 420062 145841 133981 161627 441449
Training courses 3368 2997 1693 1569 6259
General office expenses
Leasing telex 4021
Mail 19976 12510 4689 6892 24091
Telephone 31771 14814 12575 14236 41625
Telex 9040
Office supplies 37207 10467 7557 11731 29755
Rental (INSU/IAP) 5817 5180 10328 4500 20008
Furniture 23051 4347 12513 274 17134
Computers 9920 18387 13760 18641 50788
TRIENNIUM 1994-1996 (ctd) STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE (CHF)
1991-1993 1994 1995 1996 1994-1996
Audit fee 140806 2332 741 1964 5037
Bank
Loss on exchange 1
January of the year 864 30858 42478 73336
Loss on internal
transfers 30612 1003 1293 2296
Charges on internal
transfers 735 529 486 87 1102
Bank charges 9044 2383 2130 2724 7237
Commissions on deposits 10375 2675 3293 4259 10227
Total 803477 254323 247517 228504 730344
ECLIPSE USSR (special
account) 33378
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 2246347 1059290 700998 766313 2526601
Excess of Income over
Expenditure 188095 -115780 51877 -28007 -91910
2.4. PROPOSED IAU BUDGET 1997-2000
Paris, October 29, 1996 1998-2000 PROPOSED BUDGET (CHF)
Notes in connection with the 1998-2000 proposed budget:
An allowance for inflation of 2% for 1998, 2.5% for 1999 and 3% for 2000 has
been made
The royalties from IAU publications have been reduced in order to allow
lower selling prices
for the IAU books.
INCOME
BUDGET (*) PROPOSED BUDGET
1997 1998 1999 2000
Unit of contribution 2820 2880 2950 3040
Number of units of
contribution 254 254 254 254
ADHERING ORGANIZATIONS 716280 731520 749300 772160
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
ICSU/UNESCO 40000 40000 40000 40000
PUBLICATIONS: ROYALTIES 68000 30000 30000 30000
BANK INTEREST 25000 15000 15000 15000
OTHER INCOME
TOTAL INCOME 849280 816520 834300 857160
(*) 1997 budget as approved at the XXIInd General Assembly
Paris, October 29, 1996 1998-2000 PROPOSED BUDGET (CHF)
EXPENDITURE
BUDGET (*) PROPOSED BUDGET
1997 1998 1999 2000
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
General Assembly:
Grants 167000 180000
Commission Presidents 40000 40000
Staff 18000 15000
Operation 30000 5000 5000 30000
Executive Committee 80000 65000
Meetings:
Symposia/Colloquia 220000 250000 256000 264000
Regional Meetings 25000 25000
AEI IAU/UNESCO meeting
Research Projects:
ISYA (46) 30000 30000
TAD (46) 15000 30000 30000 30000
EC WGs 18000 18000 18000 18000
Exchange of Astromers
(38) 30000 25000 25000 25000
Others
Commission Activities:
Telegram Bureau (06) 4000 4000 4000 4000
Minor Planet Center (20)
Meteor Data Center (22) 1100 1100 1100
Variable Star Catalog (27)
Astronomy Teaching (46) 5000 5000 5000 5000
Commission WGs 18000 15000 15000 15000
Others
Delegates to other Union 10000 10000 10000 10000
Total 655000 418100 424100 702100
DUES TO UNIONS /ORGANIZATIONS
ICSU 18000 16000 16500 17000
IERS/FAGS 7500 7500 7500 7500
IUCAF 7500 7500 7500 7500
CTS 600
Total 33600 31000 31500 32000
(*) 1997 budget as approved at the XXIInd General Assembly
Paris, October 29, 1996 1998-2000 PROPOSED BUDGET (CHF) (Ctd)
EXPENDITURE
BUDGET (*) PROPOSED BUDGET
1997 1998 1999 2000
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Executive cttee meetings 35000 36000
Officers meetings 5400 5000 5100 5200
SNC expenditure
General Secretary
expenditure 23400 26000 26500 27500
President expenses 7000 3500 3500 3500
Assist General
Secretary expenses 3000 3000 3000 3000
Total 38800 72500 74100 39200
PUBLICATIONS
Information Bulletin 44000 32000 33000 34000
Free Distribution 18500 19000 19000 19000
Total 62500 51000 52000 53000
ADMINISTRATION /SECRETARIAT
Salaries
Salaries & Charges 162800 155000 159000 164000
Training courses 4500 4500 4500 4500
General office expenses: 72000 70000 70000 72000
Mail, Telephone, Office supplies,
Rental (INSU/IAP), Furniture, Computers
Audit fee 3200 2000 2000 2000
Bank:
Loss on exchange
Loss on internal transfers
Bank charges 2500 3000 3000 4000
Commissions on deposits 4500 4000 4000 4500
Total 249500 238500 242500 251000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1039400 811100 824200 1077300
Excess/Loss of Income
over Expenditure -190120 5420 10100 -220140
(*) 1997 budget as approved at the XXIInd General Assembly
3. SCIENTIFIC & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
3.1. COMMISSION 38: EXCHANGE OF ASTRONOMERS
IAU TRAVEL GRANTS: GUIDELINES
Within the limitations imposed by the budget of the Commission as approved
by the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union, funds
are available to Commission 38 toward grants to qualified individuals to
enable them to visit institutions abroad. It is intended, in particular,
that the visitors should have ample time and opportunity to interact with
the intellectual life of the host institution so that maximum benefit is
derived by both sides. It is a specific objective of the programme that
astronomy in the home country be enriched after the applicant returns.
1. Candidates may be faculty/staff members, post-doctoral fellows, or
graduate students at any recognised educational/research institution or
observatory. All candidates must have an excellent record of research and
must have made permanent and professional commitments to astronomy. The
programme is designed to support both the work of young astronomers and
established astronomers whose visits may benefit the country or institution
visited. It is emphasised that all recipients should return to their home
institutions or home countries upon the completion of their visits.
2. All visits must normally consist of a stay of at least 3 months at a
single host institution. In special cases, shorter visits can be
considered; stopover at other institutions en route may be permitted.
3. All visits must be formally agreed to by the Directors of the home and
host institutions involved. Such endorsements must confirm that the
proposed plan of study is a reasonable one and will be of benefit to astronomy.
4. All applicants must give details of funds currently available to her/him
to finance her/his proposed visit including supporting documents. In
particular, s/he must state what other applications s/he has submitted in
efforts to obtain support from other sources and the status of such
applications. In the event that an applicant receives funds, which may be
used, in whole or in part, for the same proposed purpose from another
source, s/he is required to revise her/his application or make a refund to
the IAU. If dependants are to accompany the applicant, details must be given.
5. The amount of the grant will be governed by the cost of one return
economy air fare and limited to the least expensive fare (such as PEX, APEX,
etc.) between home and host institutions and normally is to be used by the
applicant for such travel. With prior approval, the funds can instead be
used wholly or in part for subsistence costs during the visit.
Some grants may be awarded on the basis of a one-way fare. An example is
the case where highly qualified graduate students apply for funds to go
abroad to begin graduate studies at an institution where they have been
formally accepted.
6. Grants to attend symposia, summer schools, conferences, society meetings,
etc. are outside the scope of the programme.
Grants will not normally be made for the sole purpose of obtaining
observational data.
An individual should normally not expect to receive an IAU award for a
second visit.
7. Each recipient is required to submit a brief report to the President of
Commission 38 after her/his return from the visit. Acknowledgement of
support from the Exchange of Astronomers Programme of the IAU should be made
in any published paper resulting from the visit.
Application Procedure
1. An individual who wishes to apply for a grant under the IAU Exchange of
Astronomers Programme should read the rules carefully to ensure that the
circumstances of her/his case conform to the conditions under which IAU
grants can be made. S/he should then proceed by formally submitting her/his
request for a grant in the form of a letter to the President of Commission
38 (see below). Each candidate must submit a curriculum vitae showing
that s/he is professionally qualified, and must submit a viable plan of
scholarly activity to be carried out during the visit.
The information supplied in those documents should be complete and detailed
as it will be used to judge whether the proposal is in conformity with the
aims of the programme, whether the minimum initial requirements are being
met, and whether the guidelines will permit a favourable decision. Any
special circumstances must be carefully set forth.
2. It is the applicant's responsibility to arrange for the two confidential
letters of endorsement from senior officials of the home and host
institutions. These are to be sent without delay directly to the President
of Commission 38. The letters from both institutions should confirm that
the applicant's proposed visit has the knowledge and support of the
directors or senior academic/research officers of the institutions involved.
Further they should state whether the applicant will be returning to a
position at the home institution at the conclusion of the visit. Finally,
they should confirm to the President of Commission 38 that the senior
officials themselves have made every effort to obtain the necessary travel
funds from their own institutions and from other resources within the
respective countries.
The applicant must state who is responsible for her/his subsistence during
the prolonged visit at the host institute, i.e. subsistence paid by the home
or by the host institute, by a grant or fellowship or by any other means.
Copies of the relevant documents should be submitted with application. In
addition the applicant should provide information on the lowest available
travel fare required.
3. As noted above, care should be taken to make the application as complete
as possible and to include detailed statements rather than generalities.
Material should be typed and single spaced. The application will be
considered as quickly as possible, but it should be recognised that
information and opinions must be exchanged among the President,
Vice-Presidents, and/or other Members of the Organising Committee of
Commission 38.
4. In summary, the application should include:
i. plan of scientific activity,
ii. curriculum vitae,
iii. letters of support from home and host institutions,
iv. information on responsibility for subsistence at the host institution,
v. information on lowest available travel fare.
and should be submitted in time for the Officers of the Commission to
consult by post.
5. All correspondence, including the endorsements referred to above, should
be directed to the President of Commission 38, International Astronomical
Union, with copy to the Vice-President. For the period August 1994-July
1997, the addresses are:
President Vice-President
Prof. H.E. Jorgensen Dr. Morton S. Roberts
NBIfAFG NRAO
Juliane Maries Vej 30 Edgemont Road
DK 2100 Copenhagen O Charlottesville VA 22903
Denmark USA
Fax: 45 35 32 3989 1 804 296 0278
3.2. COMMISSION 46: TEACHING OF ASTRONOMY
IAU COMMISSION 46 NEWSLETTER
This is a reminder that the electronic newsletter of Commission 46 is
published approximately four times a year, and can be obtained by sending a
message to Dr. Armando Arellano Ferro (armando@cuevano.ugto.mx). Current
and past issues can also be found on our WWW site kindly maintained by Dr.
Andrew Norton (http://physics.open.ac.uk/IAU46/)
About 60 addresses on our current e-mailing list constantly "bounce",
presumably because they are inactive, or have changed. If you are wondering
why you no longer receive the newsletter, perhaps this is why. Please
update your address with Dr. Arellano Ferro.
John R. Percy, President
3.2.1. 23rd IAU International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA)
Zanjan, Iran, July 4 - 24, 1997
See IB 79 p.21
3.2.2. Teaching for Astronomy Development (TAD)
See IB 79 p. 22
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3.3. FUTURE IAU SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
3.3.1. Deadline
Proposals for IAU Symposia, Colloquia, Regional Meetings, and
co-sponsored meetings planned for 1999 should reach
the Assistant General Secretary(see inside cover page )
no later than May 15, 1998
in order to be considered at the 1998 Executive Committee meeting.
Proposals should be complete, with all supporting documents,
at that time (cf. the Rules for IAU Scientific Meetings).
3.3.2. Future IAU Symposia
Symposium 183 COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE
August 18 - 22, 1997, Kyoto, Japan
See IB 78, p. 9.
Symposium 184 THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE GALAXY AND GALAXIES
August 18 - 22, 1997, Kyoto, Japan
See IB 78, p. 11.
Symposium 185 NEW EYES TO SEE INSIDE THE SUN AND STARS: PUSHING THE LIMITS
OF HELIO- AND ASTEROSEISMOLOGY WITH NEW OBSERVATIONS FROM THE GROUND AND
FROM SPACE
August 18 - 22, 1997, Kyoto, Japan
See IB 78, p. 13.
Symposium 186 GALAXY INTERACTIONS AT HIGH AND LOW REDSHIFT
August 26 - 30, 1997, Kyoto, Japan
See IB 78, p. 15.
Symposium 187 COSMIC CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
August 26 - 30, 1997, Kyoto, Japan
See IB 78, p. 18.
Symposium 188 THE HOT UNIVERSE
August 26 - 30, 1997, Kyoto, Japan
See IB 78, p. 20.
NB: For latest news on the programmes of the Symposia at the Kyoto GA, see
the GA WWW pages:
http://www.tenmon.or.jp/iau97/
5.3.3. Future IAU Colloquia
None before 1998
4. OTHER SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF INTEREST
TO IAU MEMBERS
ISO'S VIEW ON STELLAR EVOLUTION
July 1 - 4, 1997, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
Contact address: Dr. Rens Waters, Astronomical Institute, Univ. of
Amsterdam, Kruislaan, NL - 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel: 31 20 525 7468
Fax: 31 20 525 7484
E-mail: isostar@astro.uva.nl
WWW: http://www.astro.uva.nl/isostar
STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM FROM QSO ABSORPTION LINE
SYSTEMS
July 1 - 5, 1997, Paris, France.
Contact address: Dr. Patrick Petitjean, Institut d'Astrophysique, 98bis
Blvd. Arago, F - 75014 Paris, France.
Tel: 33 1 4432 8150
Fax: 33 1 4432 8001
E-mail: petitjean@iap.fr
WWW: http://www.iap.fr/coll/
JOINT EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL ASTRONOMY MEETING
JULY 2 - 5, 1997, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Contact address: Dr. M.E. Contadakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Department of Geodesy and Surveying, GR - 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tel: 30 31 996122
Fax: 30 31 996408
E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr
WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/jenam97
THE STELLAR INITIAL MASS FUNCTION
July 14 - 18, 1997, Cambridge, UK.
Contact address: Ms. Debbie Howell, Inst. of Astronomy, Madingley Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK.
Tel: 44 1223 337 548
Fax: 44 1223 337 523
E-mail: debbie@ast.cam.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/IoA/hx38_intro.html
COOL STARS, STELLAR SYSTEMS, AND THE SUN
July 15 - 19, 1997, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Andrea K. Dupree, Center for Astrophysics, MS 15, 60
Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Tel: 1 617 495 7489
Fax: 1 617 495 7049
E-mail: cs10@cfa.harvard.edu
WWW: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/CS10/
25TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE
July 27 - August 8, 1997, Durban, South Africa.
Contact address: ICRC, Space Research Unit, Dept. of Physics, Poschefstroom
Univ. for CHE, ZA - 2520 Poschefstroom, South Africa.
Tel: 27 148 299 2423
E-mail: icrc97@physics.puk.ac.za
WWW: http://www.puk.ac.za/fskdocs/icrc97/
GLOBAL CHANGE AND HISTORY OF GEOPHYSICS AND RELATED DISCIPLINES
August 4 - 14, 1997, Uppsala, Sweden.
Contact address: Wilfried Schröder, Geophysical Station, Hechelstrasse 8, D
- 28777 Bremen Rönnebeck, Germany.
ITP CONFERENCE ON SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS: THEIR CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
August 5 - 9, 1997, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Contact address: Dr. James B. Hartle, Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Univ.
of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030, USA.
Tel: 1 805 893 2280
Fax: 1 805 893 2431
E-mail: hartle@itp.ucsb.edu
WWW: http://www.itp.ucsb.edu
GALACTIC HALOS
August 11 - 15, 1997, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Dennis Zaritsky, Lick Obs., Univ. of California, Santa
Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Tel: 1 408 459 5170
Fax: 1 408 426 3115
E-mail: halomeeting@ucolick.org
WWW: http://www.ucolick.org/instruct/halomeeting
STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (1997 Pacific Rim Conference)
August 13 - 16, 1997, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Contact address: Dr. Kwing L. Chan
E-mail: maklchan@usthk.ust.hk
ASPEN WORKSHOP ON GAMMA RAY BURSTERS
August 18 - September 5, 1997, Aspen, CO, USA.
Contact address: Aspen Center for Physics, 200 W. Gillespie, Aspen, CO
81611, USA.
Tel: 1 303 925 2585
Fax: 1 303 920 1167
E-mail: jane@acp1.zgsw.com
WWW: http://andy.bu.edu/aspen/application
LARGE METEORITE IMPACTS AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION
August 30 - September 5, 1997, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
Contact address: Dr. Burhard Dressler, Lunar and Planetary Inst. 3600 Bay
Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058-1113, USA.
Tel: 1 713 486 2166
Fax: 1 713 486 2162
E-mail: dressler@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov
WWW: http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/sudbury97.html
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUPERCOMPUTING
September 1 - 3, 1997, Tokyo, Japan.
Contact address: Dr. Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Computational Science Lab.,
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama,
351-01 Japan.
Tel: 81 48 467 9414
Fax: 81 48 467 4078
E-mail: ebisu@atlas.riken.go.jp
WWW: http://atlas.riken.go.jp/horizon/
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VARIABLE STARS (90th Anniversary of V.P. Tsessevich)
September 1 - 5, 1997, Odessa, Ukraine.
Contact address: Prof. V.G. Karetnikov, Astronomical Observatory, Odessa
State University, T.G. Shevchenko Park, Odessa 270014, Ukraine.
Tel: 7 0482 228 442
E-mail: root@astro.odessa.ua
ASTRONOMY FROM LARGE DATABASES III
September 7 - 10, 1997, Sonneberg, Germany.
Contact address: Constanze la Dous, Sonneberg Observatory, Sternwartstrasse
32, D - 96515 Sonneberg, Germany.
Tel: 49 3675 81210
Fax: 49 3675 81219
E-mail: aldiii@stw.tu-ilmenau.de
SYNOPTIC SOLAR PHYSICS
September 9 - 12, 1997, Sunspot, NM, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Jack Harvey, NSO, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726, USA.
Tel: 1 520 318 8337
Fax: 1 520 318 8278
E-mail: ws97@sunspot.noao.edu
WWW: http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/INFO/MISC/WORKSHOPS/
1997/ws97.html
ASTRONOMICAL DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE (ADASS'97) September 14 -
17, 1997, Sonthofen, Bavaria, Germany.
Contact address: Dr. Rudi Albrecht, ST/ECF, ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse
2, D - 85748 Garching, Germany.
Tel: 49 89 320 06287
Fax: 49 89 320 06480
E-mail: adass@eso.org
WWW: http://ecf.hq.eso.org/adass/adass97.html
4TH HUNTSVILLE SYMPOSIUM ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
September 15 - 19, 1997, Huntsville, AL, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Charles A. Meegan, Marshall Space Flight Ctr., NASA
Code ES-62, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA.
Tel: 1 205 544 7694
Fax: 1 205 544 5800
E-mail: meegan@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov
WWW: http://www.batse.msfc.nasa.gov/information/4hgrbs
LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES: TRACKS AND TRACES
September 15 - 20, 1997, Potsdam, Germany.
Contact address: Dr. Volker Müller, Astrophysikalishes Institut Potsdam, An
der Sternwarte 16, D - 144482 Potsdam, Germany.
Tel: 49 331 7499 521
Fax: 49 331 7499 526
E-mail: pocowo@aip.de
WWW: http://www.aip.de:8000/~pocowo
CONVERGING COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES IN ASTRONOMY
September 17 - 18, 1997, Sonthofen, Bavaria, Germany.
Contact address: Dr. Michael J. Kurtz, Center for Astrophysics, MS-20, 60
Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Tel: 1 617 495 7434
Fax: 1 617 495 7467
E-mail: kurtz@cfa.harvard.edu
WWW: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kurtz/CCMAFinalConf.html
IO DURING THE GALILEO ERA
September 22 - 24, 1997, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Contact address: Dr. John R. Spencer, Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill
Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
Tel: 1 520 774 3358, x17
Fax: 1 520 774 6296
E-mail: spencer@lowell.edu
WWW: http://www.lowell.edu/users/ijw/ioconference.htm
THE YOUNG UNIVERSE: GALAXY FORMATION AND EVOLUTION AT INTERMEDIATE AND HIGH
REDSHIFT
September 29 - October 2, 1997, Roma, Italy.
Contact address: Dr. Adriano Fontana, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via
Osservatorio 4, Monte Porzio, I - 00040 Roma, Italy.
Tel: 39 6 942 8643 56
Fax: 39 6 944 7243
E-mail: fontana@quasar.mporzio.astro.it
WWW: http://www.mporzio.astro.it/~highz
SOLAR ANALOGS: CHARACTERISTICS AND OPTIMUM CANDIDATES
October 5 - 7, 1997, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Jeffrey Hall, Lowell Obs., 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd.,
Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
Tel: 1 520 774 3358
Fax: 1 520 774 6296
E-mail: jh@lowell.edu
WWW: http://www.lowell.edu/users/jch/analogs.html
ABUNDANCE PROFILES: DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR GALAXY HISTORY
October 12 - 15, 1997, Québec City, Canada.
Contact address: Dr. Daniel Friedli, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec,
Canada G1K 7P4.
Tel: 1 418 656 2131
Fax: 1 418 656 2040
E-mail: dfriedli@phy.ulaval.ca
WWW: http://astrosun.phy.ulaval.ca/astro/announcement.html
ACCRETION PROCESSES IN ASTROPHYSICAL SYSTEMS
October 13 - 15, 1997, College Park, MD, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Susan Lehr, Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Tel: 1 301 405 3001
Fax: 1 301 314 9067
E-mail: october@astro.umd.edu
WWW: http://www.astro.umd.edu/october/
CYCLICAL VARIABILITY IN STELLAR WINDS
October 14 - 17, 1997, Garching, Germany.
Contact address: Dr. Lex Kaper, European Southern Observatory,
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D - 85748 Garching, Germany.
Tel: 49 89 320 06 229
Fax: 49 89 320 06 480
E-mail: windvar@eso.org
WWW: http://www.eso.org/windvar
ULTRAVIOLET ASTROPHYSICS BEYOND THE IUE FINAL ARCHIVE
November 11 - 14, 1997, Sevilla, Spain.
Contact address: Dr. Carmen Ramirez, IUE Observatory, Vilspa, P.O. Box
50727, E - 28080 Madrid, Spain
Tel: 34 1 813 1102
Fax: 34 1 813 1139
E-mail: sevilla@vilspa.esa.es
WWW: http://www.vilspa.esa.es/iue/IUEconf.html
SEARCH FOR EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS WITH THE VLT/VLTI
November 17 - 19, 1997, Garching, Germany.
Contact address: Ms. Christina Stoffer, European Southern Observatory,
Karl-Schwarzschild- Strasse 2, D - 85748 Garching, Germany.
Tel: 49 89 320 06 229
Fax: 49 89 320 06 480
E-mail: gwiedema@eso.org
WWW: http://www.eso.org/xtrasol/
ASTROPHYSICAL FLUIDS - FROM ATOMIC NUCLEI TO STARS AND GALAXIES
January 12 - 15, 1998, Haifa, Israel.
Contact address: Dr. Oded Regev, Dept. of Physics, Technion, 32000 Haifa,
Israel.
Tel: 972 4 829 3992
Fax: 972 4 822 1514
E-mail: meeting@phastro1.technion.ac.il
GALACTIC SOURCES WITH RELATIVISTIC JETS
April 15 - 16, 1998, Milton Keynes, UK.
Contact address: Dr. Richard Ogley, The Open University, Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK.
Tel: 44 1908 652 123
Fax: 44 1908 652 192
E-mail: R.N.Ogley@open.ac.uk
WWW: http://yan.open.ac.uk/~rogley/Workshop
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF MOLECULES AND GRAINS IN SPACE
April 15 - 17, 1998, Nottingham, UK.
Contact address: Prof. Peter J. Sarre, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of
Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Tel: 44 115 951 3460
Fax: 44 115 951 3466
E-mail: psa@star.le.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/faraday.html
THE JOVIAN SYSTEM AFTER GALILEO -THE SATURNIAN SYSTEM BEFORE CASSINI-HUYGENS
May 11 - 15, 1998, Nantes, France.
Contact address: Prof. Christophe Sotin, Laboratoire de Géophysique et
Planéologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière,
B.P. 92208, F - 44 322 Nantes, France.
Tel: 33 2 4037 3187
Fax: 33 2 4037 4957
E-mail: nantes98@chimie.univ-nantes.fr
THE INTERNATIONAL SPRING MEETING OF THE ASTRONOMISHES GESELLSCHAFT IN GOTHA
May 11 - 15, 1998, Gotha, Germany.
Contact address: Dr. O. Schwarz, Uthmannstr. 8, D 99867 Gotha, Germany.
E-mail: sternwgth@aol.com
WWW: http://members.aol.com/SternwGTH
THE BL LAC PHENOMENON
June 22 - 26, 1998, Turku, Finland.
Contact address: Dr. Leo Takalo, Tuorla Observatory, FIN - 21500 Piikkiö,
Finland.
Tel: 358 2 274 4258
Fax: 358 2 243 3767
E-mail: takalo@oj287.astro.utu.fi
WWW: http://astro.utu.fi/bl_lac98
PRECISE STELLAR RADIAL VELOCITIES
(Under consideration as an IAU Symposium) June 21 - 26, 1998, Victoria,
B.C., Canada.
Contact address: Prof. John B. Hearnshaw, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,
Univ. of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Tel: 64 3 364 2533
Fax: 64 3 364 2469
E-mail: j.hearnshaw@phys.canterbury.ac.nz
PROTOSTARS AND PLANETS IV
July 5 - 10, 1998, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Contact address: Dr. Vince Mannings, CalTech, Dept. of Astronomy, 105-24,
Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
Tel: 1 818 395 4169
Fax: 1 818 568 9352
E-mail: ppiv@astro.caltech.edu
WWW: http://astro.caltech.edu/~vgm/ppiv.
ASYMPTOTIC GIANT STARS
August 28 - 31, 1998, Montpellier, France.
Contact address: Dr. Agnès Legré, GRAAL cc 072, Université Montpellier II,
F - 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
Tel: 33 4 6714 4735
Fax: 33 4 6714 4535
E-mail: agb98@graal.univ-montp2.fr
WWW: http://www.dstu.univ-montp2.fr/GRAAL/agb98-1.html
5. IAU PUBLICATIONS
New Publishing Contract
The present contract for the publication of the IAU Symposia Proceedings,
Transactions, Highlights of Astronomy, Information Bulletin and the
Membership Directory with Kluwer Academic Publishers will terminate on
December 31, 1997. Therefore, early in 1996 the IAU issued a call for
tenders for a new contract for the period 1998-2003. As a response to this
call for tenders the IAU received bids from four major international
publishing houses. After careful evaluation of these bids the IAU Executive
Committee decided to conclude the contract for the period 1998 to 2003 with
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. According to this contract ASP
will publish the proceedings of all Symposia and General Assemblies taking
place in the 6-year period starting on January 1st, 1998 and the Information
Bulletins appearing in this period. The proceedings of the XXIIIrd General
Assembly and all of the Symposia scheduled for 1997 will still be published
by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Transactions XXIII A
Eds. I. Appenzeller
Hardback USD 195.00 GBP 117.0 0-7923-4540-1
Symposia Series (Kluwer Academic Publishers)
Special offer from Kluwer Academic Publishers to IAU Members on IAU
publications: Members of the IAU receive a discount of 33 1/3% off the
price of the hardbound Symposia and Highlights volumes. They may purchase
paperback copies of Symposium proceedings at NLG 70.00 per copy and
paperback copies of the Highlights at NLG 105.00 per copy. The Transactions
may be purchased at NLG 115.00 per copy.
178 MOLECULES IN ASTROPHYSICS: PROBES & PROCESSES
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6. MEMBERSHIP: WWW
We would like to remind all colleagues that addresses of individual IAU
Members can be obtained from the IAU World Wide Web server (URL address:
see back cover of this IB).
7. OTHER MATTERS
INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
UTC TIME STEP ON THE 1ST OF JULY 1997
A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 1997. The
sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:
1997 June 30, 23 h 59 mn 59 s
1997 June 30, 23 h 59 mn 60 s
1997 July 1, 0 h 0 mn 0 s
The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
from 1996 Jan. 1, 0h UTC, until 1997 July 1, 0h UTC: UTC-TAI = - 30s
from 1997 Jul. 1, 0h UTC, until further notice: UTC-TAI = - 31s
Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that
there will be no time step at the next possible date.
Martine Feissel
Director
Central Bureau of IERS