| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : illustrations |
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Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, 1431-9756 |
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Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; A River of Starlight; Starlight by Numbers; From Light to Starlight; Space -- The Great Radiation Field; A Multitude of Magnitudes for the Colors of Starlight; The Photons Must Get Through -- Radiative Transfer; First Look Inside a Star -- The Atmosphere; Deep Inside a Star; In the Space Between Stars; A Star Story 0 10 Billion Years in the Making; Appendix 1: The Greek Alphabet; Appendix 2: Astronomical and Physical Units and Constants; Appendix 3: The Doppler Effect; Index |
| Summary |
Astronomers analyse and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal the temperatures, masses, luminosities and outer structure of these far away points of light. This book deals with the physics of stars and starlight |
| Bibliography |
Met lit. opg.-Met index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Stars -- Spectra -- Popular works
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Stars -- Magnitudes -- Popular works
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Astrophysics -- Popular works
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Physique.
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Astrophysics
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Stars -- Magnitudes
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Stars -- Spectra
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441907080 |
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1441907084 |
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