Table of Contents

List of participants; Preface and acknowledgements; Dedication; Part I. Galactic Astrometry: Observation and Application: Proper motion catalogues I and II; Ground-based parallaxes; HIPPARCOS and HST astrometry; Galactic structure, dynamics and evolution I, II and III; Local kinematics and star clusters I, II and III; Magellanic Clouds and future space astrometry; Part II. Solar System Astrometry: Observation and Application: Solar System I, II and III; List of poster papers.

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A comprehensive and up-to-date review of optical astrometry and its application to understanding the evolution of the Solar System and our Galaxy - essential reading for graduate students and researchers.

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' … reading this book made me wish I had been to this meeting! … I recommend this book to anyone interested in astrometry and its many applications.' The Observatory