1. List of participants

   Legacy Pages: ix - xi

2. Avant-Propos

   Announcement Pages: xiii - xiii

3. Foreword

   EditorialNotes Pages: xv - xv

4. DENIS: A deep near-infrared survey of the southern sky

   • N. Epchtein
   • B. De Batz
   • I. Vauglin

   I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 3 - 9

5. The Two Micron All Sky Survey

   • S. G. Kleinmann
   • M. G. Lysaght
   • P. Seitzer

   I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 11 - 17

6. The influence of Crowding on DENIS point source detection rates

   • András Holl
   • Erik Deul

   I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 19 - 22

7. Strategy of DENIS observations

   • S. Kimeswenger
   • C. Kienel

   I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 23 - 24

8. First results obtained with DENIS

   • E. Copet
   • B. De Batz
   • S. Kimeswenger

   I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 25 - 26

9. Sloan Digital Sky Survey

   • Stephen M. Kent

   I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 27 - 30

10. The Guide Star Catalog and related sky surveys

    • Helmut Jenkner

    I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 31 - 34

11. Infrared space borne experiments to study Galactic structure

    • Stephan D. Price

    I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 35 - 40

12. The project “spice”

    • D. Rouan
    • N. Epchtein
    • A. Omont

    I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 41 - 44

13. Edison — the international infrared space observatory

    • H. J. Walker

    I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 45 - 48

14. Classification of astronomical images with a neural network

    • E. Bertin

    I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 49 - 51

15. The project of high spatial resolution near infrared imaging system at Beijing Observatory

    • J. Y. Hu

    I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys Pages: 53 - 54

16. Denis, 2MASS and VLM stars

    • Neill Reid

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 57 - 62

17. Low mass stars

    • Hartmut Jahreiss

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 63 - 68

18. The search for brown dwarfs with infrared surveys

    • T. J. Chester

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 69 - 76

19. Hipparcos and red dwarf populations

    • C. Turon
    • F. Crifo
    • D. Morin

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 77 - 82

20. Sternberg WBVR photometric survey of bright stars

    • A. Cherepashchuk
    • Kh. Khaliullin
    • A. Mironov

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 83 - 85

21. Spectrophotometric catalog of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in the ultraviolet, visual and near infrared

    • I. N. Glushneva

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 87 - 89

22. Search for new nearby stars withDENIS

    • F. Crifo

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 91 - 93

23. Artificial IJK two-colour diagrams for field stars

    • W. Pfau

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 95 - 96

24. Asteroid detection with DENIS

    • S. Ruphy
    • N. Epchtein
    • A. Bec-Borsenberger

    II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars Pages: 97 - 98

25. Short period Miras and Galactic Structure

    • M. Jura

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 101 - 104

26. Infrared photometry of AGB stars

    • T. Le Berter
    • N. Epchtein
    • P. Le Sidaner

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 105 - 116

27. Infrared surveys and variables on the AGB

    • Michael Feast

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 117 - 120

28. AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds

    • P. R. Wood

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 121 - 130

29. AGB stars and red supergiants in the LMC as seen with DENIS

    • C. Loup
    • M. A. T. Groenewegen

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 131 - 135

30. O-rich SR and Mira variables in DENIS

    • J. Hron
    • F. Kerschbaum

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 137 - 138

31. Using Artificial Intelligence techniques to classify IRAS LRS spectra of evolved stars

    • H. J. Walker

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 139 - 140

32. Carbon stars in infrared surveys

    • F. Guglielmo
    • A. C. Robin

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 141 - 142

33. The evolution from visible to infrared variable AGB stars

    • J. A. D. L. Blommaert
    • R. Szczerba

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 143 - 144

34. Infrared colours of selected long period variables

    • P. Le Sidaner
    • T. Le Bertre

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 145 - 147

35. The frequency of circumstellar envelopes among TMSS stars

    • L. G. Balázs

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 149 - 150

36. Infrared velocities of carbon stars

    • C. Barnbaum
    • K. Hinkle

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 151 - 152

37. A near-infrared survey of IRAS sources in the South Galactic Cap

    • Patricia Whitelock
    • Michael Feast

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 153 - 154

38. Mira light curves and mass loss

    • C. Alard

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 155 - 157

39. Strategy of infrared surveys for studying galactic evolved stars and their subclasses

    • J. Hron

    III. Late Type Stars Pages: 159 - 159

40. Synthesis of galactic stellar populations and expected constraints from infrared surveys

    • Annie C. Robin

    IV. Galactic Structure Pages: 163 - 168

41. Infrared surveys:Some prospects for galactic structure studies using cepheids and other young objects

    • Michael Feast

    IV. Galactic Structure Pages: 169 - 175

42. Galactic structure from the Two Micron Galactic Survey

    • F. Garzón
    • P. L. Hammersley
    • M. J. Selby

    IV. Galactic Structure Pages: 177 - 180

43. A powerful new model for the point source sky

    • Martin Cohen

    IV. Galactic Structure Pages: 181 - 187

44. The leiden/dwingeloo survey of emission from galactic HI

    • W. B. Burton
    • Dap Hartmann

    IV. Galactic Structure Pages: 189 - 193

45. Are molecular clouds formed by impact of High-Velocity Clouds?

    • J. R. D. Lépine
    • G. Duvert

    IV. Galactic Structure Pages: 195 - 197

46. Current problems in star formation and infrared surveys

    • I. Appenzeller

    V. Star Formation Pages: 201 - 206

47. Star formation in taurus

    • C. A. Beichman
    • Tom Jarrett

    V. Star Formation Pages: 207 - 216

48. Search for young stars with ir surveys: Regions of massive star formation

    • P. Persi

    V. Star Formation Pages: 217 - 222

49. The stellar populations within theρ Oph cloud cores

    • Karen M. Strom
    • Jeremy Kepner
    • Stephen E. Strom

    V. Star Formation Pages: 223 - 224

50. Investigation of the Be star phenomenon using the DENIS data

    • M. G. Breitfellner
    • J. Zorec

    V. Star Formation Pages: 225 - 226