Stories of astronomers and their stars / / David E. Falkner

• Autore: Falkner David E.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Disciplina: 520.922
• Soggetto topico: Astronomers
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: The Night Sky -- Chapter 1: Observing the Night Sky and the Celestial Sphere -- Chapter 2: The Spring/Fall Sky -- The Northern Hemisphere -- Southern Hemisphere -- Reference -- Chapter 3: The Summer/Winter Sky -- The Northern Hemisphere -- Southern Hemisphere -- Chapter 4: The Fall/Spring Sky -- The Northern Hemisphere -- The Southern Hemisphere -- Reference -- Chapter 5: The Winter/Summer Sky -- The Northern Hemisphere -- The Southern Hemisphere -- Part II: The Age Before Telescopes -- Chapter 6: Anaxagoras and Hans Albrecht Bethe: The Sun -- Anaxagoras -- Hans Bethe -- The Sun -- The Geriatric Sun -- Low-Mass Stars -- High-Mass Stars -- References -- Chapter 7: Tycho Brahe: SN 1572 -- Tycho Brahe -- SN 1572 Discovery and Significance -- Tycho in Later Years -- References -- Chapter 8: Johannes Kepler: SN 1604 -- The Great Conjunction of 1603 and the Supernova of 1604 -- The Later Years of Kepler -- References -- Part III: Observational Discoveries with Telescopes -- Chapter 9: Thomas Henderson: Alpha Centauri -- Parallax Measurement of Alpha Centauri -- The Alpha Centauri System -- References -- Chapter 10: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel: 61 Cygni -- 61 Cygni -- References -- Chapter 11: Benedetto Castelli and J. B. Liebknecht: Mizar, Alcor, and Sidus Ludoviciana -- Benedetto Castelli-Mizar and Alcor -- Johann Georg Liebknecht -- Sidus Ludoviciana -- References -- Chapter 12: John Goodricke: Algol -- John Goodricke -- Algol -- References -- Part IV: < -- IndexTerm ID="ITerm1"> -- Astrophotography< -- /IndexTerm> -- and Spectroscopy -- Chapter 13: A Brief History of Astrophotography -- References -- Chapter 14: The Pioneers of Spectroscopy -- Terms and Concepts -- Isaac Newton -- Sir William Herschel-Discovery of Infrared Light -- Thomas Young-Wave Properties of Light. ; Joseph Fraunhofer-Solar Spectrum -- Henry Draper-First Stellar Spectrum Photograph -- Gustav Kirchhoff-Spectrum Analysis -- Johann Christian Doppler-The Effect of Velocity on Light Waves -- Sir William Huggins-Tying Spectrums to Elements -- Niels Bohr-Applying Quantum Physics to Spectrums -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 15: Stellar Spectral Types and the H-R Diagram -- Stellar Spectroscopy -- Lewis Morris Rutherfurd -- Angelo Secchi -- Sir William Huggins -- Hermann Carl Vogel -- Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer -- Stellar Spectrum Classifications from the Harvard College Observatory -- Yerkes MKK Spectral Classification (W.W. Morgan, Philip Keenan, Edith Kellman) -- Morgan-Keenan (MK) Classification -- The Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram -- References -- Part V: < -- IndexTerm ID="ITerm1"> -- Astrophotography< -- /IndexTerm> -- and Spectroscopy Reveal Stellar Secrets -- Chapter 16: Edward Charles Pickering: Mizar -- Mizar -- References -- Chapter 17: Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet: Wolf-Rayet Stars -- Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf -- Georges Antoine Pons Rayet -- Wolf-Rayet (WR) Stars -- References -- Chapter 18: Angelo Secchi: Carbon Stars -- Carbon Stars -- References -- Chapter 19: Allan Sandage: Blue Stragglers -- Blue Stragglers -- References -- Part VI: < -- IndexTerm ID="ITerm1"> -- Standard Candles< -- /IndexTerm> -- -How Stars Are Used to Determine Cosmic Distances -- Chapter 20: Measuring Cosmic Distances -- The Astronomical Unit -- Stellar Proper Motion and Parallax Measurements -- The Light-Year and Parsec -- The Distance Modulus and Standard Candles -- References -- Chapter 21: Edward Pigott, John Goodricke, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Cepheid Variable Stars -- Edward Pigott -- Henrietta Swan Leavitt -- Cepheid Variable Stars -- References. ; Chapter 22: Jacobus Kapteyn, E. C. Pickering, and Williamina Fleming: RR Lyrae Variable Stars -- Jacobus Kapteyn -- Williamina Paton Fleming (Stevens) -- RR Lyrae Variable Stars -- References -- Chapter 23: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Mark M. Phillips: Type Ia Supernova -- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekha -- Mark M. Phillips -- Type Ia Supernova -- References -- Chapter 24: Other Standard Candles -- Planetary Nebulae -- Tully-Fisher Relation -- Radio Very Long Baseline Interferometry Proper Motion -- Gravitationally Lensed Quasars -- Closing Remarks -- References -- Part VII: Star and Deep-Sky Object (DSO< -- IndexTerm ID="ITerm1"> -- < -- /IndexTerm> -- ) References -- Chapter 25: Star Names, Designations, and Catalogs -- Origin of Named Stars and Early Catalogs -- Modern Star Designations and Catalogs -- Bayer Catalog -- Flamsteed Designation -- Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -- Córdoba Durchmusterung (CD) -- Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CP or CPD) -- Henry Draper Catalog (HD) -- General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS) -- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog (SAO) -- General Catalog of 10,300 Multiple and Double Stars (h) -- Hipparcos (HIP) and Tycho (TYC) Catalogs -- Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS) -- Hardcopy Atlases and Charts -- Planetarium Software -- Deep-Sky Object Catalogs -- References -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 - Star Names by Constellation -- Appendix 2 - Brightest Stars to Magnitude 2.5 -- Reference -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stories of Astronomers and Their Stars
• ISBN: 3-030-80309-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910497085003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.