LEADER 02990nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910966697603321 005 20250609111611.0 010 $a9786611378141 010 $a9781281378149 010 $a1281378143 010 $a9781402083198 010 $a140208319X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4020-8319-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408640 035 $a(EBL)372752 035 $a(OCoLC)272306775 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000246356 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216299 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246356 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180582 035 $a(PQKB)10853320 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4020-8319-8 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL372752 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10501563 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL137814 035 $a(PPN)127046763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC372752 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4418472 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408640 100 $a20080225d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSirius matters /$fNoah Brosch 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $a[Dordrecht ;$aNew York] $cSpringer$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 225 1 $aAstrophysics and space science library ;$v354 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9789048178407 311 08$a9048178401 311 08$a9781402083181 311 08$a1402083181 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHistorical 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. 330 $aSince very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity and was the subject of many myths and legends, including some modern ones. It was perceived as a red star for more than 400 years, but such reports were relegated to the Mediterranean region. Astronomically, Sirius is a very bright star. This, and its present close distance to us, argues in favor of it being the target of detailed studies of stellar structure and evolution. Its binary nature, with a companion that is one of the more massive white dwarfs, is an additional reason for such studies. This book collects the published information on Sirius in an attempt to derive a coherent picture of how this system came to look as it does. 410 0$aAstrophysics and space science library ;$vv. 354. 606 $aStars 607 $aSirius 615 0$aStars. 676 $a523.841 700 $aBrosch$b Noah$01815459 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966697603321 996 $aSirius matters$94370443 997 $aUNINA