Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars Reading the Lines in Stellar Spectra
More can be learned about physical processes going on in stars and nebulae by understanding and analyzing their spectra than by any other means. Many amateur astronomers who use CCD cameras are taking up spectroscopy as part of their observational program, but until now the physics that underlies as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
| Series: | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Spectroscopy—A New Golden Age for Amateur Astronomy
- The Basic Stuff—Light Radiation and Atoms
- Behind the Lines—The Magnificent Energy Level Structure of an Atom
- Our Old Friend the Doppler Effect
- When Is a Spectral Line Not a Spectral Line?
- Stellar Spectra and That Famous Mnemonic
- Cool but not Smooth—The Molecular Spectra of Red Stars
- Glows in the Dark—Emission Lines and Nebulae
- Glowing Vortices—Accretion Disks
- The P Cygni Profile and Friends
- Spectral Magnetism—The Zeeman Effect
- ‘How Much Gold in Them There Stars?’—The Curve of Growth