The Classification of Stars
The Classification of Stars
$55.00
USDA comprehensive handbook on the tools, methods, and results of stellar taxonomy, this book describes modern methods of spectroscopic and photometric classification, and identifies particular families of stars, progressing from the hottest to the coolest. Within each category a description is given of the normal types and all the peculiar stars. The emphasis throughout is on the phenomenology of classification, rather than the underlying astrophysics.
Reviews & endorsements
"...a clear, authoritative account of the taxonomy of stars." Science and Technology Book News
"An excellent introduction to how astronomers are able to do stellar astronomy. The book is very well written and the diagrams and references make it a volume that will be referred to frequently by everyone interested in the problems of stellar classification." Choice
Product details
July 1990Paperback
9780521389969
432 pages
235 × 191 × 22 mm
0.74kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I:
- 1. Stellar taxonomy
- 2. Spectral classification
- 3. Spectral classification systems
- 4. Photometric classification
- 5. Photometric systems
- 6. Comparison of classification methods
- Part II:
- 7. Introduction
- 8. O-type stars
- 9. B-type stars
- 10. A-type stars
- 11. F-type stars
- 12. G-type stars
- 13. K-type stars
- 14. M-type stars
- 15. Degenerates
- 16. Further developments.
