Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Philadelphia, Penn. , U. S. A. , June 8-10 1976

The Symposium on Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on June 8-10, 1976, as an activity associated with the Nineteenth Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (CaSPAR). The Symposium was sponsored jointly by CaSPAR, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the International Union of Radio Science CURSI). caSPAR is an interdisciplinary scientific organization, established by the International Council of Scientific Unions in 1958, to, in the words of its charter, "provide the world scientific community with the means whereby it may exploit the possibilities of satellites and space probes of all kinds for scientific purposes and exchange the resulting data on a co­ operative basis." The purpose of this particular CaSPAR Sympo­ sium was to present new results in infrared and submillimeter astronomy obtained by observations on aircraft, high altitude balloons, rockets, satellites, and space probes. Topics dis­ cussed included the Sun, the solar system, galactic and extra­ galactic objects as well as the cosmic background radiation. Instrumentation for observations in infrared and submillimeter astronomy was also discussed, with particular emphasis on future programs from space observatories. Front Matter....Pages I-X Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Infrared Space Astronomy—An Overview....Pages 3-11 Results from the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Survey Catalog....Pages 13-24 Further Observations of New Sources in the AFCRL Survey....Pages 25-33 Long-Term Infrared Monitoring of Stellar Sources from Earth Orbit....Pages 35-35 Balloon Observation of the Milky Way at Wavelength 2.4 μm....Pages 36-36 Prediction of the Diffuse Far-Infrared Flux from the Galactic Plane....Pages 37-37 Far Infrared Emission of Molecular Clouds....Pages 38-38 High-Energy Gamma-Ray Results from the COS-B Satellite and Infrared Astronomy....Pages 39-39 Search of “Invisible” Supernovae....Pages 40-40 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Infrared Emission from HII Regions....Pages 43-54 Radio Observations of HII Regions and Some Related Theoretical Work....Pages 55-75 Considerations for the Interpretation of Infrared Emission from Molecular Clouds....Pages 77-88 High Resolution Mapping of the Orion Nebula Region at 30, 50 and 100 Microns....Pages 89-89 High Resolution Far-Infrared Maps of HII Regions and the Galactic Center....Pages 90-90 New High Spectral Resolution Airborne Line Observations in the Far Infrared....Pages 91-91 Lamellar Grating Interferometry at 50μ to Beyond 600μ from the Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory....Pages 92-92 Far Infrared Polarization of Dust Clouds....Pages 93-93 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Infrared Observations of the Sun....Pages 97-106 The Solar Brightness Temperature in the Far Infrared....Pages 107-108 Infrared Observations of the Planets....Pages 109-120 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Far Infrared Spectral Observations of Venus, Mars and Jupiter....Pages 121-121 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Infrared Radiation from the Galactic Center....Pages 125-125 Far Infrared Spectral Observations of the Galactic Center Region from the Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory....Pages 126-126 High-Resolution Far Infrared Observations of SGR B2, W49, and DR21-W75....Pages 127-127 Infrared Observations of Extragalactic Sources....Pages 129-141 Spectrum and Isotropy of the Submillimeter Background Radiation....Pages 143-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Balloon-Borne Telescopes for Far-Infrared Astronomy....Pages 155-168 Infrared Observations from an Airborne Platform....Pages 169-170 Spectral and Polarimetric Instrumentation for the Aircraft Astrophysical Investigations in the Range 50–500 mkm....Pages 171-171 Far-Infrared Observations with a Small, Low-Background, Balloon-Borne Telescope....Pages 172-172 Simultaneous Multi-Color Far-Infrared Photometry....Pages 173-173 Comparison of Photoconductive-Bolometer Detectors on an Airborne System....Pages 174-174 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS)....Pages 177-183 Use of the Large Space Telescope for Infrared Observations....Pages 185-194 A 1-Meter Cryogenic Telescope for the Space Shuttle....Pages 195-206 Lirts: A Large Infrared Telescope for Spacelab....Pages 207-223 On the Detectability of Molecular Hydrogen with Iras....Pages 225-225 Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy....Pages 226-226