COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
         INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                    Number 3454

                                 Konkoly Observatory
                                 Budapest
                                 27 April 1990

                                 HU ISSN 0374 - 0676




               PACIFIC RIM COLLOQUIUM ON
          NEW FRONTIERS IN BINARY STAR RESEARCH

              Seoul, Korea, October, 1990


scope of the Colloquium
    This conference will focus on contemporary techniques for
investigating both close and wide binary stars systems, with
emphasis on new approaches in acquiring data, deriving fundamental 
quantities, and interpreting and modeling binary systems.

Sponsorship
    The Colloquium is to be sponsored jointly by the Korean
Science and Engineering Foundation, KOSEF, and the US National
Science Foundation, NSF (pending).

Scientific Organizing Committee
    H. A. Abt (USA), M. S. Chun (ROK), B. Hidayat (ROI), K. C.
Leung (USA, Co-Chair), S. H. Moon (ROK), I. S. Nha (ROK, Co-
Chair), R. F. Webbink (USA), R. E. Wilson (USA), A. Yamasaki
(ROJ), H. S. Yun (ROK), D. S. Zhai (PRC).

Location
    The scientific sessions will be held at Yonsei University,
Seoul, and at the Institute for Space Science and Astronomy,
Taejon, Korea.

Participants
    Those who are interested in attending the Colloquium please
contact one of the following Co-Chairs or a member of the
Scientific Organizing Committee:

    Professor Kam-Ching Leung      Professor Il-Seong Nha
    Behlen Observatory             Yonsei University Observatory
    University of Nebraska         134 Sinchon-dong
    Lincoln, NE 68588-0111         Seodaemun-ku
    U.S.A.                         120-749 Seoul
                                   KOREA