Starlight An Introduction to Stellar Physics for Amateurs
When you look up at the sky at night and see the stars, do you understand what you’re looking at? What is starlight made up of, and how does it travel to us? How are stars born, and how do they die? How do we figure out how far away are the stars and how massive they are? Can we know which stars wil...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2009, 2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009 |
| Series: | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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 ? 10 Billion Years in the Making