Proceedings of the 111th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held at Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, May 24-29, 1984

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1. Review Papers.- 1.1 Standard Stars.- The Choice of Standard Stars.- (Papers on stellar radial velocities may be found on pp. 583 and 587.).- The Use and Abuse of Standard Stars.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 353 and 357.).- 1.2 Parallaxes and Proper Motions.- Trigonometric Parallaxes and Their Calibration.- The Determination of Fundamental Proper Motions.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 36 - 381 and 601.).- 1.3 Information Obtained from Binary Systems.- Positional Astronomy and Stellar Masses.- Masses, Radii and Luminosities from Analysis of Eclipsing Binaries.- The Calibration of Interferometrically Determined Properties of Binary Stars.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 385 - 401.).- 1.4 Stellar Classification.- The MK Classification and Its Calibration.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 403 - 415.).- 1.5 Abundances.- How Precise are Spectroscopic Abundance Determinations Today?.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 417 - 443.).- 1.6 Stellar Rotation.- Determination of Stellar Rotational Velocities.- 1.7 Angular Diameters.- Measuring Stars with High Angular Resolution: Results from Narrabri Observatory.- Measuring Stars with High Angular Resolution: Current Status and Future Prospects.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 447 - 459.).- 1.8 Spectrophotometry.- The Role of Space Observations in the Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities.- Stellar Absolute Fluxes and Energy Distributions from 0.32 to 4.0 ?m.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 463 - 479.).- 1.9 Photometry.- Approaches to Photometric Calibrations.- Calibration in Temperature of Photometric Parameters.- The Calibration of Photometric Determinations of Abundance.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 485 - 565.).- 1.10 Model Atmospheres.- Fundamental Parameters and Models Of Stellar Atmospheres.- (Related papers may be found on pp. 569 - 581.).- 1.11 Data Banks and Summary.- Standard Values and Information in Data Banks.- Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities: Summary and Conclusions.- 2. Contributed Papers.- The Microfiche of Standard Stars.- Standard Astronomical Sources for the Space Telescope.- The Open Cluster M67 as A Fundamental Standard of Reference for Stellar Properties.- White Dwarf Candidates for Trigonometrical Parallax Determinations.- The Absolute Magnitudes of the Nearby Stars: Calibrations of Mean Luminosity Relations.- Fifteen Years of Statistical Parallaxes by the Principle of Maximum Likelihood.- An Empirical H? -Luminosity Calibration.- The Wilson-Bappu Effect for Mg II k-Line Emission Widths.- The Influence of an Outflowing Gaseous Stream on the Determination of Masses of Semidetached Binary Systems.- The Absolute Dimensions and Masses of IQ Persei.- Un Diagramme Fondamental Luminosite-Type Spectral Pour Les Etoiles Doubles.- Visual Binaries and the Calibration of the Main Sequence.- Rotational Properties and Synchronization in Early-Type Close Binaries.- UV Standard Stars by the Variable Procrustean Bed Approach.- MKJ and MSS Classification of Solar-Type Stars within 100 Parsecs of the Sun: Preliminary Results.- UV Spectral Classification of B Stars.- Spectral Anomalies in the Hyades and Pleiades and in Field Stars with Active Chromospheres.- A New Analysis of the Abundance Standards ? Herculis and ? Scorpii.- Elemental Abundances of Normal Sharp-Lined B and A Stars from Optical Region Analyses.- The Relation between the Anomalous Cn Strength, ? Cn, and [Fe/H] Abundances.- On the Gravity Determination from Carbon Star Spectra.- A Note on the Calibration of Effective Temperatures.- The Be II ? 3l30 A Region in the Spectra of Vega and Sirius.- Mount Wilson Spectra of Standard Stars.- About the Photometric Calibration of IUE High Resolution Spectra: Quantification of the Order-Overlap for the SWP Camera.- Determination des diametres stellaires par occultations. Technique de reduction.- Standard Stars for the Comparison of Methods of Diameter Determination.- A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods of Determination of Stellar Angular Diameters.- Problems Concerning Planck's Blackbody Law.- Effective Temperatures of Stars with "Standard" Angular Diameters.- Faint Secondary Standards for Spectrophotometry and the Energy Distributions of Horizontal-Branch A-Stars.- High Precision Solar Radiation Data for ??3300 - 12500 Å.- The New Observing Station at the Pic Du Midi Observatory for the Absolute Calibration of Stellar Radiation.- The Status of the Absolute Calibration of Stellar Fluxes between 912 and 1200 Å.- Secondary Standard Stars in the Four-Color System.- A Preliminary Luminosity Calibration of the uvby,? Systems for Supergiant F-Type Stars.- On Photometric Standards and Color Transformation.- An Empirical Calibration of the Strömgren System for Late-Type Stars.- Analysis of uvby Photometry and Low-Resolution Spectrophotometry of B-Stars.- The Stability and Accuracy of the uvby System.- On the Calibration of the uvby Photometric System for Late-Type Stars.- Steps toward A Physical Calibration of UBV Photometry.- Calibration of Photometric Systems from Homogeneous Spectrophotometric Data.- An Improvement in the Visual Surface-Brightness Scale for B5 - F5 Main-Sequence Stars.- The Response Function S(?) of the UBV Color System - A Problem Again and again?.- On the Observational Determination of OB Standards.- An Effective Temperature Calibration of A uv-Visual Photometric Index for "Normal" Non-Supergiant Stars.- The Determination of Teff for Candidate Standard Stars Based on Comparison with Model Atmospheres.- The Effect of Metallicity and Pulsation on the Infrared Colors of Luminous M Giants.- The Temperature Scale of G and K Subgiants.- On the Accuracy of Infrared Photometry.- Mv and Teff of B-Type Stars as Derived from 13-Color Photometry.- The Estimation of the Electron Density ne with a Narrow-Band Photometric System Calibrated by Model Atmospheres.- A Reddening and Metallicity-Free Temperature Estimator for Late M Giants.- On the Homogenization of Photometric Data.- Spectroscopic Gravity Estimates for Late-Type Giants: Arcturus as an Example.- The Temperatures of G and K Stars.- The Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc, Investigated by Abundance Analysis of F Stars: A Progress Report.- LTE-Blanketed and Unblanketed Models for SDO Stars.- The Zero-Point of the IAU Standard Velocity System.- Precise Radial Velocities and Radial Velocity Standards.- Standard Pulsars: Probes for the Calibration of the Galactic Continuum Background Temperature and the Electron Density of the Interstellar Medium.- The Calibration of Stellar Spectra Used in Measurements of the Generalized Compton Shift.- Recent Trigonometric Parallax Measurements of Mk Late-Type Spectral Standard Giant Stars.- The Determination of Extinction and Temperature for the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 40.- The Microfiche of Standard Stars.- Resolution Passed by the Participants; Discussion of Suggestion by Code.- Closing Remarks by R. Hanbury Brown, President of the IAU.- Pictures of participants.- Random Quotes.- Name Index.- Object Index.