Fundamental astronomy

by Karttunen, Hannu

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Title Statements

Full title :Fundamental astronomy / H. Karttunen [and others] eds.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996.
Edition:3rd rev. and enl. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 521 pages, 36 color plates : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:3540609369, 9783540609360
oclc:ocm34752622
LC Classification:QB43.2
Dewey Decimal:520

1. Introduction -- 2. Spherical Astronomy -- 3. Observations and Instruments -- 4. Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes -- 5. Radiation Mechanisms -- 6. Temperatures -- 7. Celestial Mechanics -- 8. The Solar System -- 9. Stellar Spectra -- 10. Binary Stars and Stellar Masses -- 11. Stellar Structure -- 12. Stellar Evolution -- 13. The Sun -- 14. Variable Stars -- 15. Compact Stars -- 16. The Interstellar Medium -- 17. Star Clusters and Associations -- 18. The Milky Way -- 19. Galaxies -- 20. Cosmology -- App. A. Mathematics -- App. B. Quantum Mechanics -- App. C. Theory of Relativity -- App. D. Radio Astronomy Fundamentals.