IAU Colloquium No. 98 The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy was held in Paris, at the Chaillot-Galliera Conference Centre, on 20-24 June, 1987. A total of 250 participants - professional and amateur astronomers - came from 27 different countries. It was the first time that such a meeting had been organized under the aus- pices of the International Astronomical Union, and the arrangements in Paris were made by the Societe Astronomique de France, which was founded one hundred years previously by Camille Flammarion, so the 100th anniversary of the SAF was also celebrated. Nine commissions of...
IAU Colloquium No. 98 The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy was held in Paris, at the Chaillot-Galliera Conference Centre, on 20-24 June, 1987. A ...