This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal the temperatures, masses, luminosities and outer structure of these far away points of light. The laws of physics themselves enable us to journey to the very center of a star and to understand its inner structure and source of energy!
Starlight provides an in-depth study of stellar astrophysics that requires only basic high school mathematics and physics, making it accessible to all amateur astronomers. Starlight teaches amateur astronomers about the physics of stars and starlight in a friendly, easy-to-read way. The reader will take away a profoundly deeper understanding of this truly fascinating subject - and find his practical observations more rewarding and fulfilling as a result.
| ISBN: | 9781441907073 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 2009 |
| Author: | Keith Robinson |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer New York |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods Solar system: the Sun and planets Applied physics |
This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating.
Starlight features in the following genres: Astronomy, space and time, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Applied physics
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Starlight was written by Keith Robinson and published by Springer an imprint of Springer New York
Starlight has 277 pages
Yes it is part of Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series series