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SPECIAL ISSUE 1998

MAGAZINE INDEX

X CANARY ISLANDS WINTER SCHOOL OF ASTROPHYSICS "Globular Clusters"

Globular cluster M3, in the constellation Canis Venatici.

Director's Welcome
FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ (IAC)

Globular Clusters
CARLOS MARTÍNEZ and ISMAEL PÉREZ FOURNON (IAC)

From w Centauri to 47 Tucanae
CARMEN DEL PUERTO (IAC)

"Observational Approach to Populations in Globular Clusters"
Brown Dwarfs in the Galactic Halo
IVAN R. KING
(University of California, USA)

"Stellar Populations and the History of the Galaxy"
Stellar Evolution
STEVEN R. MAJEWSKI
(University of Virginia, USA)

"Star Clusters as a Test for Stellar Evolution"
The Ages of Clusters
VITTORIO CASTELLANI
(Astronomic Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy)

"Chemical Abundances of Stars in Globular Clusters. Early Nucleosynthesis"
Reference Metals
RAFFAELE GRATTON
(Astronomic Observatory of Padua, Italy)

"Stellar Dynamics in Globular Clusters"
The Evolution of Galaxies
REBECCA A. W. ELSON
(Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

"Variable Stars in Globular Clusters"
HIPPARCOS and the new Distance Scales
MICHAEL W. FEAST
(University of Cape Town, South Africa)

"X-ray Sources in Globular Clusters"
Globular Clusters in X-rays
RAMÓN CANAL
(University of Barcelona, Spain)

"Globular Clusters in Galaxies"
Extragalactic Clusters
WILLIAM E. HARRIS
(MacMaster University, Canada)

UNCERTAINTIES CONCERNING GLOBULAR CLUSTERS

PLANETS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS

USEFUL ASTROPHYSICS FOR THE FUTURE

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