Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics: Basic Stellar Observations and Data - Hardcover

Bohm-Vitense, Erika

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521344026 ISBN 13: 9780521344029

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

This textbook introduction to the basic elements of fundamental astronomy and astrophysics serves as a foundation for understanding the structure, evolution, and observed properties of stars. The first half of the book explains how stellar motions, distances, luminosities, colors, radii, masses and temperatures are measured or derived. The author then shows how data of these sorts can be arranged to classify stars through their spectra. Stellar rotation and stellar magnetic fields are introduced. Stars with peculiar spectra and pulsating stars also merit special attention. The endpoints of stellar evolutions are briefly described. There is a separate chapter on the Sun and a final one on interstellar absorption. The usefulness of this text is enhanced by the inclusion of problems for students, tables of astronomical constants, and a selective bibliography. This is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and beginning graduate students studying astronomy and astrophysics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0521344026
• ISBN 13: 9780521344029
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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