02990nam 2200697Ia 450 991096669760332120250609111611.09786611378141978128137814912813781439781402083198140208319X10.1007/978-1-4020-8319-8(CKB)1000000000408640(EBL)372752(OCoLC)272306775(SSID)ssj0000246356(PQKBManifestationID)11216299(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246356(PQKBWorkID)10180582(PQKB)10853320(DE-He213)978-1-4020-8319-8(Au-PeEL)EBL372752(CaPaEBR)ebr10501563(CaONFJC)MIL137814(PPN)127046763(MiAaPQ)EBC372752(MiAaPQ)EBC4418472(EXLCZ)99100000000040864020080225d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSirius matters /Noah Brosch1st ed. 2008.[Dordrecht ;New York] Springerc20081 online resource (230 p.)Astrophysics and space science library ;354Description based upon print version of record.9789048178407 9048178401 9781402083181 1402083181 Includes bibliographical references and index.Historical perspective -- Mysteries of the Sirius system -- Approaching modern times -- Modern optical measurements -- Modern non-optical observations -- The neighborhood of Sirius -- The perspective of stellar structure -- The perspective of stellar evolution -- Sirius revealed – a synthesis of the information.Since very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity and was the subject of many myths and legends, including some modern ones. It was perceived as a red star for more than 400 years, but such reports were relegated to the Mediterranean region. Astronomically, Sirius is a very bright star. This, and its present close distance to us, argues in favor of it being the target of detailed studies of stellar structure and evolution. Its binary nature, with a companion that is one of the more massive white dwarfs, is an additional reason for such studies. This book collects the published information on Sirius in an attempt to derive a coherent picture of how this system came to look as it does.Astrophysics and space science library ;v. 354.StarsSiriusStars.523.841Brosch Noah1815459MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966697603321Sirius matters4370443UNINA