The Impact of Near-Infrared Sky Surveys on Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy : Proceedings of the 3rd EUROCONFERENCE on Near-Infrared Surveys Held at Meudon Observatory, France on June 19-20, 1997

This book reproduces the proceedings of the last of a series of "Euroconferences" dedicated to the ongoing near-infrared sky surveys DENIS and 2MASS. It presents the current status and recent results of both projects. An analysis of the relevant results of the space mission MSX is also presented.

I: Infrared Survey Status. The Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky: Progress Report and Scientific Results Overview; N. Epchtein. The Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS): Status Report November 1997; M. Skrutskie. Midcourse Space Experiment Surveys; S. Price, et al. II: Galactic Structure. The Impact of IR Surveys on Galactic Structure; O. Bienayme. Resolved DENIS and UKIRT Infrared Stellar Observations Towards the Galactic Center; M. Unavane, G. Gilmore. Mass-Lossing AGB Stars and Young Stars in the ISOGAL Survey; A. Omont, et al. Galactic Bulge from TMGS Star Counts; M. Lopez-Corredoira, et al. IR Star Counts in the Inner Disc; P.L. Hammersley, et al. Spatial Distribution of Evolved Giant Stars in the Galactic Disc Using DENIS Data; S. Ruphy. III: Stars. Infrared Emission of Carbon Stars; M.A.T. Groenewegen. AGB Stars in the Galactic Bulge Observed by DENIS; M. Schultheis, et al. Analysis of DENIS Data in ISOGAL Fields; C. Alard. In Quest of Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs with Near-IR Surveys; T. Forveille, et al. Searching for Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs with 2MASS; J.D. Kirkpatrick, et al. DENIS Survey of AGB and Tip-RGB Stars in the LMC Bar West and the Optical Center Fields; C. Loup, et al. DENIS and HIPPARCOS: Luminosity and Kinematic Calibrations; R. Alvarez, M.-O. Mennessier. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Scale Height of Mira Variables; Z. Berend, L.J. Balazs. IV: Star Forming Regions and Interstellar Medium. 2MASS Observations of Molecular Clouds; J.M. Carpenter. Star Forming Regions and Near-Infrared Surveys; T. Montmerle. A Study of Extinction and Star Formation in the Chameleon I Cloud with DENIS; L. Cambresy. DENIS and ISOCAM Observations of ChamI Cloud; P. Persi, et al. Planetary Nebulae with DENIS; S. Kimeswenger. V: Extragalactic. Galaxies with DENIS; G.A. Mamon, et al. Extragalactic Astronomy with 2MASS; S.E. Schneider, et al. Large-Scale Structure Behind the Milky Way from Near-IR Surveys; R.C. Kraan-Korteweg, et al. Rapid Extraction of Galaxies from DENIS; G. Paturel, et al. Wide-Angle Near-Infrared Surveys of Local Galaxies; B. Mobasher. Detection of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in 2MASS; T. Jarrett. 2MASS and the Tully-Fisher Relation; J.L. Rosenberg. QSOs in the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey; R. Cutri, et al. The First-VLA Survey: The First 5000 Square Degrees; R. Becker. FIRST-VLA Radiosources in ELAIS Areas; E.A. Gonzalez-Solares, et al. VI: Miscellaneous. The SOM-Fitting Method; E. Bertin. Near-Infrared Observations of Asteroids; A. Baudrand, et al. Index of Authors.