Lecture Notes in Physics

The galactic rotation curve at R > Ro from observations of the 21 cm line of atomic hydrogen.- Groping for truth from the galaxy's outermost satellites.- Carbon stars at 2R0 and the rotation of the milky way.- The velocity field of the outer galaxy.- The importance of stellar distances in determining the rotation curve of the outer galaxy.- Metal weak stars and the galactic circular velocity.- A wavy rotation curve and consequences thereof.- Milky Way rotation and the distance to the Galactic center from Cepheid variables.- The distance to the galactic center from observations of the outer galaxy.- Rotation and the outer galaxy: Comments on topics raised by the work of Frank Kerr.- Mapping the galaxy at 21 CM wavelength: The Boston University-Arecibo galactic HI survey.- The shape of the outer-Galaxy HI layer.- Star clusters and the thickness of the galactic disk as probes of the outer GALAXY.- The milky way in high resolution U photometry and inferences on its structure.- First results of a milky way continuum survey at 45 MHz.- Galaxian structure and x-ray astronomy.- The cloudy interstellar medium: Aggregation of giant molecular clouds in spiral structures.- CO emission from the southern galactic plane and galactic structure.- Substructure in spiral arms.- Resonance excitation: A possible interpretation of the 3-KPC arm.- HI and the diffuse interstellar medium.- The disk-halo connection and the nature of the interstellar medium.- Giant HI clouds in the Galaxy.- The Southern extension of the Taurus molecular clouds.- Kinematics of 21 cm self absorption towards the taurus molecular complex.- The variable hii regions in cepheus a.- The nearby molecular clouds: A complete survey.- Extinction and metal abundances in the outer galaxy.- Iras results on outer galaxy star formation towards galactic longitude 1=125 .- The outer galaxy as a star formation laboratory.- Points to ponder about the molecular outer galaxy.- Star formation in the outer galaxy.- The high-velocity clouds: Why were they ever a mystery?.- Structure, rotation and mass of the magellanic clouds.- A cO survey of the large magellanic cloud.- Some surprises in the dynamics of M33 and M31.- Molecular arms in the outer disk of M51: Structure and origins.- Searching for galaxies in the zone of avoidance.- Some reminiscences of frank kerr and the work on the milky way and the magellanic clouds.