The Cambridge encyclopedia of stars / James B. Kaler

Author:: Kaler, James B.
Additional Titles:: Encyclopedia of stars
Published:: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:: ix, 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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Contents:

1. Stars and constellations -- 2. Location -- 3. Magnitudes -- 4. Distances -- 5. The galaxy in motion -- 6. Spectra and the HR diagram -- 7. Stellar properties -- 8. Double and multiple stars -- 9. Star clusters and associations -- 10. Variable stars -- 11. Star formation -- 12. Sun and main sequence -- 13. Stellar evolution -- 14. High-mass evolution -- Appendix 1. The Messier catalogue -- Appendix 2. The 51 brightest stars -- Appendix 3. The stars within four parsecs -- Appendix 4. The chemical composition of the sun -- Appendix 5. Endpaper : riches at the anticenter.

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ISBN:

9780521818032 (hbk.)
0521818036 (hbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Schuylkill copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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