1. Introduction

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Evolution of binary systems and their generic relations

   • Zdeněk Kopal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 21

3. The importance of wide-system studies for stellar evolution and galactic dynamics

   • J. Dommanget

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

4. Duplicity on the main sequence

   • T. Herczeg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 39

5. Binary statistics and star formation

   • Hans Zinnecker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 70

6. Fission sequence and equilibrium models of rigidity rotating polytropes

   • Izumi Hachisu
   • Yoshiharu Eriguchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 74

7. Fission candidates among detached close binaries

   • H. -A. Ott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 83

8. UV observations of three classical novae during early stages of decline

   • H. Drechsel
   • W. Wargau
   • J. Rahe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 91

9. A catalogue and finding list of galactic novae

   • H. W. Duerbeck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 94

10. The old nova BT Monocerotis

    • W. C. Seitter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 99

11. Symbiotic stars

    • David A. Allen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 125

12. Cataclysmic variable stars

    • G. T. Bath

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 137

13. Radial velocity and profile variations of the ultraviolet circumstellar lines in ζ tauri

    • D. N. Dawanas
    • R. Hirata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 144

14. Spectroscopy and optical/IR photometry of the cataclysmic variable CPD-48°1577

    • W. Wargau
    • A. Bruch
    • R. Schoembs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 151

15. The Hα line profile in early type-binary systems HD 47129 and γ velorum

    • R. Rajamohan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 155

16. The contact binary AE phoenicis — An analysis from deconvoluted spectra

    • H. J. Becker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 161

17. VV Orionis: A well-behaved early-type eclipsing binary system

    • Carlson R. Chambliss

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 170

18. The light variability of BD+25°2511

    • A. V. Raveendran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 173

19. Wolf-Rayet binaries: Evolutionary causes for their distribution in the Galaxy

    • Bambang Hidayat
    • A. Gunawan Admiranto
    • Karel A. Van Der Hucht

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 190

20. Observations and models of some neglected southern eclipsing binaries

    • David A. H. Buckley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 197

21. Observations of binaries and evolutionary implications

    • C. De Loore

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 227

22. Photometric and spectroscopic study of R CMa

    • K. R. Radhakrishnan
    • M. B. K. Sarma
    • K. D. Abhyankar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 236

23. A review of early-type close binary systems

    • K. C. Leung

    ReviewPaper Pages: 237 - 237

24. Photometry of the RS CVn type eclipsing binary UV piscium

    • P. Vivekananda Rao
    • M. B. K. Sarma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 267

25. A spectroscopic study of Epsilon Aurigae

    • Mamoru Saitō
    • Shusaku Kawabata
    • Hideo Sato

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 272

26. Spectroscopic segregation in binary systems

    • Jon Darius

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 279

27. Variable, optically thick, hot plasma observed in interacting binaries

    • Y. Kondo
    • G. E. McCluskey
    • S. B. Parsons

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 286

28. Magnetic braking in cataclysmic and low-mass X-ray binaries

    • O. Vilhu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 294

29. Steady mass loss associated with nova outbursts

    • Mariko Kato

    OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 298

30. Theq-log P distribution of classical Algols

    • Edwin Budding

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 311

31. Semi-detached binaries: The origin and present status of TU Mon, SX Cas, and DM Per

    • J. P. De Grève
    • W. Packet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 317

32. Nutational effects in SS 433

    • Remo Ruffini
    • Doo Jong Song

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 327

33. Periods ranging from 5 to 1500 days in the anticorrelated moving lines of SS 433

    • S. Frasca
    • F. Ciatti
    • A. Mammano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 333

34. Late stages of the evolution of close binaries

    • C. De Loore
    • W. Sutantyo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 354

35. Mass loss in semi-detached binaries

    • K. D. Abhyankar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 361

36. Constraints for cataclysmic binary evolution as derived from space distributions

    • H. W. Duerbeck

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 385

37. A comparison between binary star light curves and those of possible binary asteroids

    • H. J. Schober

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 392

38. Astronomy in Japan

    • Satio Hayakawa
    • Mamoru Saito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 402

39. Giant Equatorial Radio Telescope

    • G. Swarup
    • B. Hidayat
    • S. Sukumar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 407

40. A plan for a new generation 2M-class telescope in Indonesia

    • Karel A. van der Hucht

    OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 410

41. Analysis of 11 late-type close binary systems

    • K. C. Leung
    • D. S. Zhai
    • Y. L. Yang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 411

42. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 412 - 412