Fundamental Astronomy
The main purpose of this book is to serve as a university textbook for a first course in astronomy. However, we believe that the audience will also include many serious ama teurs, who often find the popular texts too trivial. The lack of a good handbook for am ateurs has become a problem lately, a...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
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Table of Contents:
- 4.5 Extinction and Optical Thickness
- 4.6 Exercises
- 5. Radiation Mechanisms
- 5.1 Radiation of Atoms and Molecules
- 5.2 The Hydrogen Atom
- 5.3 Quantum Numbers, Selection Rules, Population Numbers
- 5.4 Molecular Spectra
- 5.5 Continuous Spectra
- 5.6 Blackbody Radiation
- 5.7 Other Radiation Mechanisms
- 5.8 Radiative Transfer
- 5.9 Exercises
- 6. Temperatures
- 6.1 Exercises
- 7. Celestial Mechanics
- 7.1 Equations of Motion
- 7.2 Solution of the Equation of Motion
- 7.3 Equation of the Orbit and Kepler’s First Law
- 7.4 Orbital Elements
- 7.5 Kepler’s Second and Third Law
- 7.6 Orbit Determination
- 7.7 Position in the Orbit
- 7.8 Escape Velocity
- 7.9 Virial Theorem
- 7.10 The Jeans Limit
- 7.11 Exercises
- 8. The Solar System
- 8.1 An Overview
- 8.2 Planetary Configurations
- 8.3 Orbit of the Earth
- 8.4 Orbit of the Moon
- 8.5 Eclipsesand Occultations
- 8.6 Albedos
- 8.7 Planetary Photometry, Polarimetry and Spectroscopy
- 8.8 Thermal Radiation of the Planets
- 8.9 The Structure of Planets
- 8.10 Planetary Surfaces
- 8.11 Atmospheres and Magnetospheres
- 8.12 Mercury
- 8.13 Venus
- 8.14 The Earth and the Moon
- 8.15 Mars
- 8.16 Asteroids
- 8.17 Jupiter
- 8.18 Saturn
- 8.19 Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
- 8.20 Minor Bodies of the Solar System
- 8.21 Cosmogony
- 8.22 Other Solar Systems
- 8.23 Exercises
- 9. Stellar Spectra
- 9.1 Measuring Spectra
- 9.2 The Harvard Spectral Classification
- 9.3 The Yerkes Spectral Classification
- 9.4 Peculiar Spectra
- 9.5 The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- 9.6 Model Atmospheres
- 9.7 What Do the Observations Tell Us
- 10. Binary Stars and Stellar Masses
- 10.1 Visual Binaries
- 10.2 Astrometric Binary Stars
- 10.3 Spectroscopic Binaries
- 10.4 Photometric Binary Stars
- 10.5 Exercises
- 11. Stellar Structure
- 11.1 Internal Equilibrium Conditions
- 11.2 Physical State of the Gas
- 11.3 Stellar Energy Sources
- 11.4 Stellar Models
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 The Role of Astronomy
- 1.2 Astronomical Objects of Research
- 1.3 The Scale of the Universe
- 2. Spherical Astronomy
- 2.1 Spherical Trigonometry
- 2.2 The Earth
- 2.3 The Celestial Sphere
- 2.4 The Horizontal System
- 2.5 The Equatorial System
- 2.6 The Ecliptic System
- 2.7 The Galactic Coordinates
- 2.8 Perturbations of Coordinates
- 2.9 Constellations
- 2.10 Star Catalogues and Maps
- 2.11 Positional Astronomy
- 2.12 Time Reckoning
- 2.13 Astronomical Time Systems
- 2.14 Calendars
- 2.15 Exercises
- 3. Observations and Instruments
- 3.1 Observing Through the Atmosphere
- 3.2 Optical Telescopes
- 3.3 Detectors
- 3.4 Radio Telescopes
- 3.5 Other Wavelength Regions
- 3.6 Instruments of the Future
- 3.7 Other Forms of Energy
- 3.8 Exercises
- 4. Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes
- 4.1 Intensity, Flux Density and Luminosity
- 4.2 Apparent Magnitudes
- 4.3 Magnitude Systems
- 4.4 Absolute Magnitudes
- 11.5 Exercises
- 12. Stellar Evolution
- 12.1 Evolutionary Time Scales
- 12.2 The Contraction of Stars Towards the Main Sequence
- 12.3 The Main Sequence Phase
- 12.4 The Giant Phase
- 12.5 The Final Stages of Evolution
- 12.6 The Evolution of Close Binary Stars
- 12.7 Comparison with Observations
- 12.8 The Origin of the Elements
- 13. The Sun
- 13.1 Internal Structure
- 13.2 The Atmosphere
- 13.3 Solar Activity
- 14. Variable Stars
- 14.1 Classification
- 14.2 Pulsating Variables
- 14.3 Eruptive Variables
- 14.4 Exercises
- 15. Compact Stars
- 15.1 White Dwarfs
- 15.2 Neutron Stars
- 15.3 Black Holes
- 16. The Interstellar Medium
- 16.1 Interstellar Dust
- 16.2 Interstellar Gas
- 16.3 Interstellar Molecules
- 16.4 The Formation of Protostars
- 16.5 Planetary Nebulae
- 16.6 Supernova Remnants
- 16.7 The Hot Corona of the Milky Way
- 16.8 Cosmic Rays and the Interstellar Magnetic Field
- 17. Star Clusters and Associations
- 17.1 Associations
- 17.2 Open Star Clusters
- 17.3 Globular Star Clusters
- 18. The Milky Way
- 18.1 Methods of Distance Measurement
- 18.2 Stellar Statistics
- 18.3 The Rotation of the Milky Way
- 18.4 The Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way
- 18.5 Exercises
- 19. Galaxies
- 19.1 The Classification of Galaxies
- 19.2 Elliptical Galaxies
- 19.3 Spiral Galaxies
- 19.4 Lenticular Galaxies
- 19.5 Luminosities of Galaxies
- 19.6 Masses of Galaxies
- 19.7 Systems of Galaxies
- 19.8 Distances of Galaxies
- 19.9 Active Galaxies and Quasars
- 19.10 The Origin and Evolution of Galaxies
- 20. Cosmology
- 20.1 Cosmological Observations
- 20.2 The Cosmological Principle
- 20.3 Homogeneous and Isotropic Universes
- 20.4 The Friedmann Models
- 20.5 Cosmological Tests
- 20.6 History of the Universe
- 20.7 The Future of the Universe
- Appendices
- A. Mathematics
- A.1 Geometry
- A.2 Taylor Series
- A.3 Vector Calculus
- A.4 Conic Sections
- A.5 Multiple Integrals
- A.6 Numerical Solution of an Equation
- B. Quantum Mechanics
- B.1 Quantum Mechanical Model of Atoms. Quantum Numbers
- B.2 Selection Rules and Transition Probabilities
- B.3 Heisenberg’ Uncertainty Principle
- B.4 Exclusion Principle
- C. Theory of Relativity
- C.1 Basic Concepts
- C.2 Lorentz Transformation. Minkowski Space
- C.3 General Relativity
- C.4 Tests of General Relativity
- D. Radio Astronomy Fundamentals
- D.1 Antenna Definitions
- D.2 Antenna Temperature and Flux Density
- E. Tables
- Further Reading
- Photograph Credits