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Autore: Brosch Noah Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sirius matters [[electronic resource] /] / Noah Brosch Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: [Dordrecht ; ; New York], : Springer, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed. 2008.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
Disciplina: 523.841
Soggetto topico: Stars
Soggetto geografico: Sirius
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Sirius matters  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-37814-3
9786611378141
1-4020-8319-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784977003321
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Serie: Astrophysics and space science library ; ; v. 354.