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This second volume of Reviews in Modern Astronomy continues the new series of publications of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG). In order to bring the scientific events of the meetings of the society to the attention of the worldwide astronomical community, it was decided to devote a new annual publication, Reviews in Modern Astronomy, exclusively to the invited reviews, the Karl Schwarzschild lectures, and the highlight contributions from leading scientists reporting on recent progress and scientific achievements at their institutes. Volume 2 comprises the contributions presented during the spring meet ing of the AG at Friedrichshafen in April 1989, which was dedicated to the topic "Astrophysics with Modern Technology - Space-based and Ground-based Systems", as well as those delivered at the fall meeting at Graz, Austria in September 1989. The Karl Schwarzschild lectures constitute a special series by outstanding scientists honoured with the Karl Schwarzschild medal of the Astronomische Gesellschaft. Between 1959 and 1987 the following scientists presented Karl Schwarzschild lectures at meetings of the Astronomische Gesellschaft: Martin Schwarzschild (1959) George Field (1978) Charles Fehrenbach (1963) Ludwig Biermann (1980) Maarten Schmidt (1968) Bohdan Paczynski (1981) Bengt Stromgren (1969) Jean Delhaye (1982) Antony Hewish (1971) Donald Lynden-Bell (1983) Jan H. Oort (1972) Daniel M. Popper (1984) Corne lis de Jager (1974) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1986) Lyman Spitzer Jr.
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Is There a Massive Black Hole in Every Galaxy?.- European and Other International Cooperation in Large-Scale Astronomical Projects.- A Decade of Stellar Research with IUE.- Astrophysics with GRO.- The Infrared Space Observatory ISO.- HIPPARCOS After Launch!? The Preparation of the Input Catalogue.- The Cassini/Huygens Mission.- Plans for High Resolution Imaging with the VLT.- A Correlation Tracker for Solar Fine Scale Studies.- The Muenster Redshift Project (MRSP).- Galaxies in the Galactic Plane.- Synchrotron Light from Extragalactic Radio Jets and Hot Spots.- Very High Energy X-Rays from Supernova 1987A.- Optical Spectrophotometry of the Supernova 1987A in the LMC.- Planetary Nebulae in Late Evolutionary Stages.- Structural Variations in the Quasar 2134+004.- Submillimeter Observations of Galactic and Extragalactic Objects.- Atmospheric Variations in Chemically Peculiar Stars.- Chemically Peculiar Stars of the Upper Main Sequence.- Dynamics and Structures of Cometary Dust Tails.- Automated Data Analysis.- MIDAS.- The Sun's Differential Rotation.- Lighting up Pancakes - Towards a Theory of Galaxy-formation.- The Simulation of Hydrodynamic Processes with Large Computers.- Evolution of Massive Stars.- Multi-dimensional Radiation Transfer in the Expanding Envelopes of Binary Systems.- Accretion Disks in Close Binaries.- Index of Contributors.
