Publications Those papers which I consider of particular interest are marked with an asterisk. 1. Ellis, G.R., Waterworth, M.D., Bessell, M.S. "Spectrum of the galactic Radio Emission between 10MHz and 1.5Mhz" Nat 196, 1079, 1962. 2. Bessell, M.S. " The variable star Rho Puppis" ProcASA 1, 14, 1967. 3. Bessell, M.S. " A different interpretation of Rho Puppis" ApJL 149, L67-L69, 1967. 4*. Bessell, M.S. "An investigation of short period variable stars I: The Delta Scuti Stars" ApJS 18, 167-194, 1969. 5*. Bessell, M.S. "An investigation of short period variable stars II: The AI Velorum Stars" ApJS 18, 195-229, 1969. 6. Bessell, M.S. "Report on astronomical photographic photometry" Yerkes Observatory Report p1-20,Williams Bay, Wisconsin 1969. 7. Van Altena, W.F., Bessell, M.S. "The effect of flash duration on the gain obtained by preflashing spectroscopic emulsions" A.A.S.Photo-bulletin 2, 5-7, 1970 8. Bessell, M.S., Rodgers, A.W., Eggen, O.J., Hopper, P.B. "A highly reddened R Cor Bor star in NGC6231" ApJL 162, L11-L13, 1970. 9. Faulkner, D.J., Bessell, M.S. "The nature of the nebulosity about FG Sagittae" PASP 82, 1330-1340, 1970. 10. Bessell, M.S., Eggen, O.J. "A pulsating metallic-line star" PASP 84, 72-73, 1972. 11. Bessell, M.S. "The metal-deficiency of two members of M67" PASP 84, 489-491, 1972. 12. Bessell, M.S. "The primary spectrum of the eclipsing binary LR Cen" ApJL 175, L133-L136, 1972. 13*. Bessell, M.S., Youngbom, Lee "The temperature and continuum of the N stars" ProcASA 2, 154-155, 1972. 14. Bessell, M.S., Youngbom, Lee "Narrow-band photometry of the Orion Sword" M.S.S.S.O.Preprint, Oct 17, 1-20, 1972. 15*. Bessell, M.S., Eggen, O.J. "Rapid changes in the new shell star HR6000" ApJ 177, 209-217, 1972. 16*. Bessell, M.S., Peterson, B.A., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Vidal, N. "3U1700-37 Another Black-hole" ApJ 187, 355-358, 1974. 17. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Vidal, N.V., Bessell, M.S., Peterson, B.A., Perry, M.E. "2U0900-40 A Black Hole?" ApJ 188, 167-172, 1974. 18. Vidal, N.V., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Peterson, B.A., Bessell, M.S. "Photoelectric and spectroscopic observations of WRA 795" ApJ 188, 163-165, 1974. 19. Bessell, M.S. "Some applications of model atmospheres" ProcASA 2, 230-235, 1974. 20. Vidal, N.V., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Peterson, B.A., Bessell, M.S. "Spectroscopic studies of a suggested optical candidate for Cen X-3" ApJL 191, L23-L24, 1974. 21*.Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "Gas streaming in 2U 0900-40 and Cyg X-1" Nature 251, 25-28, 1974. 22. Przybylski, A., Bessell, M.S."An unusual RR Lyrae type variable" PASP 86, 403-407, 1974. 23. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Vidal, N., Bessell, M.S. " Krzeminski's optical candidate for Cen X-3 ProcASA2, 289-290, 1974. 24. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Vidal, N., Bessell, M.S. "The primary of Cen X-3" MNRAS 169, 63p-67p, 1974. 25. Bessell, M.S. "The abundances and gravities of the d Scuti, AI Velorum and RR Lyrae stars" IAU Symposium no 59, Stellar Instability and Evolution. (Ed P.Ledoux, A.Noels and A.W.Rodgers. D.Reidel Dordrecht Holland), p63-p64. 26*. Bessell, M.S., Vidal, N.V., Wickramasinghe, D.T. "Ha observations and the distribution of circumstellar material in the HD77581 system (3U 0900-40)" ApJL 195, 117-120, 1975. 27*. Norris, J.E., Bessell, M.S. "Abundance variations on the lower giant branch of Omega Cen" Astrophys.J.L 201, L75-L79, 1975. 28. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "A possible magnetic DA white dwarf " ApJL 203, L39-L41, 1976. 29. Hyland, A.R., Bessell, M.S. "A nitrogen rich OB supergiant in the LMC" ProcASA 2, 353-355, 1975. 30. Gascoigne, S.C.B., Norris, J.E., Bessell, M.S., Hyland, A.R., Visvanathan, N. "The age and chemical composition of the LMC cluster NGC 2209" ApJL 209, L25-L28, 1976. 31. Bessell, M.S., Williams, S.L. "Southern standards for the CMT1T2 System" ProcASA 3, 40-41, 1976. 32. Bessell, M.S., Norris, J.E. "The giant branch of w Cen I: Abundance variations due to mixing" ApJ 208, 369-381, 1976. 33. Bessell, M.S. "UBVRI photometry with a GaAs photomultiplier" PASP 88, 557-560, 1976. 34. Norris, J.E., Bessell, M.S. "The giant branch of w Cen II: Mixing versus primordial abundance variations" ApJL 211, L91-L95, 1977. 35*. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S., Cottrell, P.L. "Subdwarfs or cool white dwarfs?" ApJL 217, L65-L68, 1977. 36*. Bessell, M.S. "The most metal deficient stars" Proc.ASA 3, 144-145, 1977. 37. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Whelan, J.A., Bessell, M.S. "A hot magnetic white dwarf with a field of 2-4 x 107 gauss" MNRAS 180, 373-380, 1977. 38. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "Spectra of southern white dwarfs" MNRAS 181, 713-717, 1977. 39. Bessell, M.S., Wickramasinghe, D.T. "Strmgren photometry of southern white dwarfs" MNRAS 182, 275-281, 1978. 40. Cottrell, P.L., Bessell, M.S., Wickramasinghe, D.T. "Spectrum synthesis of the heavily blanketed white dwarf" ApJL 218, L133-L135, 1977. 41. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S., Whelan, J.A. "On the spectrum of LDS 678A (EG131)" MNRAS 182, 53-56, 1978. 42. Bessell, M.S. "The formation and evolution of white dwarfs" Proc.ASA 3, 220-224, 1978. 43. Bessell, M.S., Ianna, P. "The Nature of CD-31622 " ApJ L. 222, L127-L128, 1978. 44. Norris, J.E., Bessell, M.S. "Abundance variations on the giant branches of the Sculptor and Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxies and the w Cen anomaly" ApJ L. 225, L49-L52, 1978. 45. Eggen, O.J., Bessell, M.S. "A white dwarf search at the south galactic pole" ApJ 226, 411-419, 1978. 46. Bessell, M.S. "The Cousins (Cape-Kron) BVRI system, its temperature and absolute flux calibration, and relevance for two-dimensional photometry" Dudley Observatory Report, 14, 279-296, 1979. 47*. Bessell, M.S., Wickramasinghe, D.T. "Subdwarfs II: The missing halo-population K subdwarfs" ApJ 227, 232-243, 1979. 48. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "A cool DA white dwarf with self-broadened lines" MNRAS 186, 399-404, 1979. 49. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "Spectrophotometric observations of two southern magnetic white dwarfs" MNRAS 188, 841-845, 1979. 50*. Bessell, M.S. "UBVRI Photometry II: "The Cousins VRI system, its temperature and absolute flux calibration, and relevance for two-dim photometry" PASP 91, 589-607, 1979. 51. Bessell, M.S. "Alpha Centauri " Proc.ASA 4, 212-214, 1981. 52. Bessell, P.R., Wood, P.R., Lloyd Evans, T. "The masses and origin of the carbon stars" ProcASA 4, 201-203, 1981. 53. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Fox, M.W. "Photometry and spectroscopy of long period variables in the Magellanic Clouds" ProcASA 4, 203-205, 1981. 54. Bessell, M.S., Norris, J. "The extreme metal-weak star CD -38 245" IAU Colloquium no 68, Astrophysical Parameters for Globular Clusters (Eds. A.G.Davis Philip, D.S.Hayes, p137-p139, 1982. 55. Gascoigne, S.C.B., Bessell, M.S., Norris, J.E. "New data for old Magellanic clusters" IAU Colloquium no 68, Astrophysical Parameters for Globular Clusters (Eds. A.G.Davis Philip, D.S.Hayes, p223-p226, 1982. 56. Wickramasinghe, D.T., Allen, D.A., Bessell, M.S. "Infrared photometry of cool white dwarfs" MNRAS 198, 473-482, 1982. 57. Mould, J.R., Bessell, M.S. "TiO band strengths in metal rich clusters V. 47 Tucanae" ApJ 262, 142-144, 1982. 58*. Bessell, M.S. "The metallic hydride dwarfs" Proc.ASA 4, 417-419, 1982. 59. Bessell, M.S. "Non-solar abundances in extreme pop II stars" Mem.d.Soc.Astron.Italiana 54, 39-45, 1983. 60. Bessell, M.S. "On AGB evolution and the C to M ratios in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds" Mem.d.Soc.Astron.Italiana 54, 47-49, 1983. 61. Bessell, M.S. "VRI Photometry: An addendum" PASP 95, 480-488, 1983. 62*. Bessell, M.S. "The abundance of M71 and 47 Tucanae" PASP 95, 94-97, 1983. 63*. Bessell, M.S., Norris, J.E. "Nitrogen overabundances in population II dwarfs" ApJL 263, L29-L33, 1982. 64. Bessell, M.S., Wood, P.R. "Shell ejection from the variable carbon stars HV 2379" MNRAS 202, 31p-35p, 1983. 65. Bessell, M.S., Wood, P.R. "Deduction of properties of planetary nebulae from long-period variable precursors" IAU Symposium no 103, Planetary Nebulae (Ed ) p59-p60, 1983. 66*. Bessell, M.S., Wood, P.R., Lloyd Evans, T. "Carbon stars in clusters in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds" MNRAS 202, 59-76, 1983. 67*. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S. "Long-period variables in the galactic bulge: Evidence for a super-metal-rich population" ApJ 265, 748-759, 1983. 68*. Wood, P.R.., Bessell, M.S., Fox, M.W. "Long-period variables in the Magellanic Clouds: Supergiants, AGB stars, supernova precursors, and enrichment of the interstellar medium" ApJ 272, 99-115, 1983. 69. Reid, N., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "The space density of hot white dwarfs" ProcASA 5, 230-232, 1983. 70. Bessell, M.S. "Spectroscopy of red variables and other luminous red stars" IAU Symposium no 108, Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds (Eds. S.van den Bergh and K.S. de Boer, Reidel, p171-p181, 1983. 71. Paltaglou, G., Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Ratnatunga, K. "Search for red variables in the LMC" IAU Symposium no 108, Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds (Eds. S.van den Bergh and K.S. de Boer, Reidel, p219-p220, 1984. 72. Visvanathan, N., Bessell, M.S., Wickramasinghe, D.T. "H0139-68" IAU Circ no 3923, 1984. 73. Bessell, M.S., Hughes, S., Cottrell, P.L. "Synthetic OH band spectra in G and K stars" ProcASA 5, 547-552, 1984. 74*. Bessell, M.S., Norris, J.E. "The ultra-metal-deficient (pop III?) redgiant CD -38 245" ApJ 285, 622-636, 1984. 75. Bessell, M.S., Wood, P.R. "A note on bolometric corrections for late-type stars and LPVs" PASP 96, 247-249, 1984. 76. McCall, M.L., Reid, N., Bessell, M.S., Wickramasinghe, D.T. "Are supernovae round? II: Spectropolarimetry of SN 1983a in NGC 4753" MNRAS 210, 839-843, 1984. 77*. Norris, J.E., Bessell, M.S., Pickles, A.J. "Population Studies I. The Bidelman MacConnell weak-metal stars" ApJS 58, 463-492, 1985. 78. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S. "Bright long period variables in the direction of the Magellanic Clouds: Foreground stars or supergiants?" PASP 97, 681-683, 1985. 79. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Dopita, M.A. "Angular diameters of Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae obtained using speckle interferometry" Proc.Astron.Soc.Australia 6, 54-55, 1985. 80. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Paltoglou, G. "A sample of long-period variables in the bar of the LMC and evidence for a recent burst of star formation" ApJ 290, 477-486, 1985. 81. Bessell, M.S. "On the Johnson U Passband" PASP 98, 354-359, 1986. 82. Bessell, M.S., Brett, J., Scholz, M., Wood, P.R. "The Effect of Metallicity and Pulsation on the Infrared Colours of Luminous Giants" IAU Sym 111, Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities, p539-p542, 1986. 83. Bessell, M.S., Freeman, K.C., Wood, P.R. "The Velocity Dispersion of Old Stars in the LMC" ApJ 310, 710-714, 1986. 84. Ianna, P.A., Bessell, M.S. "Two Nearby Faint Red Stars" PASP 98, 658-661, 1986. 85. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Dopita, M.A. "Angular Diameters of Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae I: Speckle Interferometry" ApJ 311, 632-636, 1986. 86*. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Whiteoak, J.B. "Detection of an OH/IR Star in the LMC", ApJL, 306, L81-L84, 1986. 87. Bessell, M.S.,"VRI Photometry III: Photographic and CCD R and I Bands and the Kron-Cousins RI System", PASP 98, 1303-1311, 1986. 88. Bessell, M.S., Norris, J.E. "Relative Elemental Abundances in Extremely Metal-Deficient Stars", JA&Ap 8, 99-102, 1987. 89. Russell, S.C., Bessell, M.S., Dopita, M.A. "Stromgren Photometry of Supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds" ProcASA 7, 65-68, 1987. 90. Bessell, M.S., Weis, E.W. "The Cousins and Kron VRI System" PASP 99, 642-644, 1987. 91. Wood, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Whiteoak, J.B. "Discovery of the first extra-galactic OH/IR star" IAU Symposium 122, Circumstellar Matter, eds. I. Appenzeller and C. Jordan (Springer-Verlag), p. 241, 1987. 92. Bessell, M.S., Brett, J.M., Scholz, M., Takeda, Y., Wehrse, R., Wood, P.R. "Photospheres of Mira variables" Atmospheric Diagnostics of Stellar Evolution, ed.K.Nomoto (Springer) p187-189, 1988. 93*. Bessell, M.S., Brett, J.M. "JHKLM Photometry: Standard systems, Passbands and Intrinsic Colors", PASP 100, 1134-1151, 1988. 94*. Hawkings, M.R.S., Bessell, M.S. "The Luminosity Function for Low Mass Stars", MNRAS 234, 177-191, 1988. 95. Reid, N., Wegner, G., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "Hot white dwarfs, OB subdwarfs and dark clouds", AJ 96, 275-296, 1988. 96. Rodgers, A.W., Harding, P., Bloxham, G., and Bessell, M.S. "High Signal to Noise Observations with a Photon Counting Array", IAU Symposium 132, The Impact of Very High S/N Spectroscopy on Stellar Physics (Eds. G. Cayrel de Strobel and M. Spite), Reidel:Dordrecht p23-25, 1988. 97. Russell, S.C., Bessell, M.S., and Dopita, M.A. "Abundances of Heavy Elements in the Magellanic Clouds", IAU Symposium 132, The Impact of Very High S/N Spectroscopy on Stellar Physics, Eds. G. Cayrel de Strobel and M. Spite, Reidel:Dordrecht, p545-550, 1988 98*. Bessell, M.S., Brett, J.M., Scholz, M., and Wood, P.R. "The effects of atmospheric extension upon the spectra of M-type Mira variables", A&A 213, 209-225, 1988. 99*. Bessell, M.S., Brett, J.M., Scholz, M., and Wood, P.R. "Colours of extended static model atmospheres of M giants", A&AS 77, 1-30, 1989. 100. Bessell, M.S. and Brett, J.M. "JHKLM Photometry: Standard Systems, Passbands and Intrinsic Colors", Lecture Notes in Physics 341: Infrared Extinction and Standardization Ed. E.F.Milone, Springer-Verlag, p61-66, 1989. 101. Bessell, M.S., Scholz, M. "Problems associated with the atmospheres of cool stars", Cambridge lecture series. 1989. 102. Bessell, M.S. "O and N abundances from OH and NH lines in extremely metal-deficient cool stars", Meudon lecture series. p 53-55, 1989. 103. Bessell, M.S., Scholz, M. "Extended model atmospheres of red giants", IAU Colloquium 106, Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars Eds H.R.Johnson and B.Zuckerman, Cambridge University Press,p67-80, 1989. 104* Russell, S.C., Bessell, M.S. "Abundances of the heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds.I. Metal abundance of F-type supergiants." ApJS 70, 865-898, 1989. 105. Wood, P.R., Nulsen, P.E.J., Gillingham, P.R., Bessell, M.S., Dopita, M.A., McCowage, C. "Speckle interferometry of SN 1987A up to one year after the explosion", ApJ 339, 1073-1077, 1989. 106* Bessell, M.S. "BVRI Photometry of the Gliese Stars" A&AS 83, 357-378, 1990. 107. Bessell, M.S. "Techniques of Broadband Photometry", p95 - 100, Proceedings of the Third New Zealand Photoelectric Conference, Blenheim March 1989. 108* Ryan, S.G., Bessell, M.S., Sutherland, R.S., Norris, J.E. "9Be Abundances in Population II stars: Implications for Light Element Synthesis" ApJL 348, L57-L60, 1990. 109* Bessell, M.S. "UBVRI Passbands" PASP 102, 1181-1199, 1990. 110. Bessell, M.S. "Magnitude Scales and Photometric Systems" Reference Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics 1991. 111* Bessell, M.S. "The Late-M Dwarfs" AJ 101, 662-676, 1991. 112* Bessell, M.S., Brett, J.M., Scholz, M., and Wood, P.R. "Colors and stratifications of extended static model photospheres of M stars located on the FGB, AGB and supergiant branch", A&AS 89, 335-366, 1991. 113* Bessell, M.S. "The Reddening of the Magellanic Clouds" A&A 242, L17-L20, 1991. 114. Bessell, M.S. "The Interstellar Reddening and Metallicity of NGC 330" in IAU Symposium 148 "The Magellanic Clouds" (Ed. R. Haynes & D.Milne: Reidel) p273-277, 1991. 115* Ryan, S.G., Norris, J.E.,& Bessell, M.S. "Elemental Abundances in Extremely Metal- deficient Dwarfs" AJ 102, 303-322, 1991. 116* Bessell, M.S., Sutherland, R.S. & Ruan, K. "The Oxygen Abundance of Halo Stars" ApJ L 383, L71-L74, 1991. 117* Ryan, S.G., Norris, J.E., Bessell, M.S. & Deliyannis, C.P. "Evolution of Beryllium Abundances in the Galactic Halo" ApJ 388,184, 1992 118. Wood, P R, Whiteoak, J B, Hughes, S M G, Bessell, M.S., Gardner, F F, Hyland, A R, "OH/IR stars in the Magellanic Clouds", ApJ, 397, 552-569, 1992 119. Bessell, M.S. "High Resolution Spectroscopy in the Magellanic Clouds and Nearby Galaxies" ESO Workshop on High Resolution Spectroscopy with the VLT (Ed. M.-H. Ulrich) p75-82, 1992 120. Bessell, M.S. "Abundances of KM Supergiants in Magellanic Cloud Clusters" in New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research.Springer-Verlag. (eds. B.Baschek, G.Klare, J.Lequeux) p321-329, 1993 121. Bessell, M S and Wood, P R, "Be stars in Magellanic Cloud Clusters", in New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research. Springer-Verlag. (eds. B.Baschek, G.Klare, J.Lequeux) p271-272, 1993 122. Bessell, M.S. "Broad-Band Photometric Systems" Invited Review. IAU Colloquium 136, Stellar Photometry.., (Eds. C.J. Butler & I. Elliott, CUP), p 22, 1993 123* Bessell, M.S., Stringfellow, G. "The LF at Low Luminosity" ARA&Ap. 31, 433-471, 1993 124. Bessell, Michael S. "Towards achieving Precision with Standardized CCD Photometry" in Precision Photometry: SAAO. (eds D.Kilkenny & J.W. Menzies) p47-56, 1993 125* Bessell, Michael S. "Massive Star evolution in Magellanic Cloud Clusters" in Precision Photometry: SAAO. (eds D.Kilkenny & J.W. Menzies) p227-233, 1993 126. Bessell, M.S. "On the existence of DA,F white dwarfs" PASAu 10, 335, 1994 127. Bell, J.F., Bailes, M., Bessell, M.S. "Optical Detection of the companion of the millisecond pulsar J0437 -4715", Natur 364, 603, 1994 128. Kaspi, V.M., Johnston, S., Manchester, R.N., Bailes, M., Bell, J.F., Bessell, M.S., Lyne, A.G., DAmico, N. "A massive radio pulsar binary in the SMC" ApJ, 423L, 1994 129. Bessell, M.S. "The Temperature Scale for Cool Dwarfs" in The Bottom of the Main Sequence - and Beyond (ed. Christopher G. Tinney: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg), p123, 1995. 130. Bessell, M.S. " Concerning precision in standardized UBVRI CCD photometry" in IAU Symposium No 167, New Developments in Array Technology and Applications, ed A.G. Davis Phillip, (Eds A.G. Davis Philip, K.A. Janes, A.R. Upgren, Kluwer: Dordrecht), p175, 1995. 131* Bessell, M.S. "CCD Photometry: Matching standard UBVRI band passes", CCD Astronomy July 1995 132. Kepler, S.O. et al., "Multi-Site Observations of the DAV White Dwarf R548" BaltA 4, 238, 1995 133. Bell, J.F., Bessell, M.S., Stappers, B.W., Bailles, M., Kaspi, V.M. "PSR J0045-7319: A Dual-Line Binary Radio Pulsar" ApJ 447, L117, 1995. 134. Bessell, M.S. " UBVRI Systems: Resolving Different Versions" PASP 107, 672, 1995. 135. Bessell, M.S., Scholz, M., Wood, P.R. "Phase and cycle dependence of the photospheric structure and observable properties of Mira variables", A&A 307, 481, 1996. 136. Vennes, S., Thejl, P.A., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Bessell, M.S. "Hot White dwarfs in EUVE Survey: Properties of Southern Hemisphere Sample" ApJ 467, 782, 1996. 137. Vennes, S., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Thorstensen, J.R., Christian, D.J., Bessell, M.S. "On the orbital period of the new Cataclysmic Variable EUVE J2115-586" AJ 112, 2254, 1996. 138. Stappers, B.W., Bessell, M.S., Bailes, M. "The Detection of an Irradiated Pulsar Companion" ApJ 473l, 119, 1996. 139. Sung, H., Bessell, M.S., Lee, S.-W. "UBVRI(Ha) photometry of the Young Open Cluster NGC 2264", AJ 114, 264, 1997. 140. Soria, R., Bessell, M.S., Wood, P.R. "BW Cir" IAU Circ 6781, 3, 1997 141. Booth, A., Davis, J., Bessell, M.S. "The VLT interferometer and M dwarfs" ESO Workshop on the VLT Interferometer. 142. Sung, H., Bessell, M.S., Lee, S.-W. "UBVRI(Ha) photometry of the Young Open Cluster NGC 6231", AJ 115, 734, 1998. 143. Bessell, M.S. Report for IAU Commission 29 (Stellar Spectra) for IAU Transactions. 144. Buxton, M., Bessell, M.S., Watson, R. "The MSSSO wide-field CCD Ha survey" PASA 15, 24, 1998. 145. Kim, S., Staveley-Smith, L., Sault, R.J., Kesteven, M.J., McConnell, D., Dopita, M.A., Bessell, M.S. "HI supergiant shells in the Large Magellanic Cloud" PASA 15, 132 146* Bessell, M.S., Castelli, F., Plez, B. "Model Atmosphere Broad-Band Colors, Bolometric Corrections and Temperature Calibrations for O-M Stars" A&A 333, 231, 1998. 147 Bessell, M. S. Castelli, F. Plez, B. "Erratum: Model atmospheres broad-band colors, bolometric corrections and temperature calibrations for O-M stars", A&A,337, 321, 1998 148. Keller, Stefan C. Bessell, Michael S. Spectroscopy of Be stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud cluster NGC 330", A&A,340, 39, 1998 149. Keller, S. C. Bessell, M. S. da Costa, G. "Young Populous Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds - Implications for Stellar Evolutionary Models", IAUS, 190, 436, 1999 150. Keller, S. C. Wood, P. R. Bessell, M. S. "Be stars in and around young clusters in the Magellanic Clouds" A&AS, 134, 489. 1999 151. Sung, H. Bessell, M. S. "UBVI CCD photometry of M35 (NGC 2168)", MNRAS.306, 361, 1999 152. Sung, Hwankyung, Bessell, M. S., Park, B.-G., Kang, Y. H. "UBVI CCD Photometry of Young Open Clusters. II. Bochum 7" JKAS,32, 109, 1999 153. Bessell, M. S., Germany, Lisa M. "Calibration of the MACHO Photometric System: V-R, Teff, and BCV Calibration for Metal-poor Giants", PASP, 111, 1421, 1999 154. Bessell, M. S., "Spectrophotometry: Revised Standards and Techniques", PASP, 111, 1426, 1999 155. Kim, Sungeun Dopita, M. A., Staveley-Smith, L., Bessell, M. S., "H I Shells in the Large Magellanic Cloud", AJ, 118, 2797, 1999. 156. Sung, Hwankyung, Bessell, M. S., Lee, Hee-Won Kang, Yong Hee, Lee, See-Woo, "UBVI CCD photometry of M11 - II. New photometry and surface density profiles", MNRAS, 310, 982, 1999 157. Keller, S., Kontizas, M., Gouliermis, D., Bellas-Velidis, I., Bessell, M. S. Kontizas, E., Da Costa, G. S.,"A Search for Mass Segregation in Four Young Magellanic Cloud Clusters, AGM, 16, P53, 2000 158. Bessell, M.S. "The Oxygen Problem", IAUJD, 8, 1, 2000 159. Murphy, M. T. Bessell, M. S., "Catalogue of candidate emission-line objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud", MNRAS, 311, 741, 2000 160. Keller, S. C. Bessell, M. S., Da Costa, G. S., "WFPC 2 Imaging of Young Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds", AJ, 119, 1748, 2000 161. McGregor, P., J. Conroy, P., van Harmelen, J., Bessell, M. S., "A new acquisition and autoguiding camera for the ANU 2.3 m Telescope", PASA, 17, 102, 2000 162. Mould, J. et al. "Jet-induced Star Formation in Centaurus A", ApJ, 536, 266 163. Stathakis, R. A. et al. " Spectral evolution of the peculiar Ic Supernova 1998bw", MNRAS, 314, 807 164. Sung, Hwankyung, Chun, Moo-Young, Bessell, M. S., "UBVRI and H&alpha Photometry of the Young Open Cluster NGC 6530", AJ, 120, 333, 2000 165. Bessell, M. S., "The Hipparcos and Tycho Photometric System Passbands", PASP, 112, 961, 2000. 166. Park, Byeong-Gon, Sung, Hwankyung, Bessell, M. S., Kang, Yong Hee, "The Pre-Main-Sequence Stars and Initial Mass Function of NGC 2264", AJ, 120, 894, 2000 167. Bessell, M.S. "Beauty and Astrophysics", PASP, 17, 179, 2000 168. Sung, Hwankyung, Bessell, M. S., "Standard Stars - CCD Photometry, Transformations and Comparisons" PASA, 17, 244. 169. Bessell, M.S., "Passbands and Theoretical Colors for the Washington System", PASP, 113, 66, 2001 170. Keller, S. C. 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