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Spiral structure in galaxies /
"Version: 20170601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The discovery of spiral galaxies -- 2. The classification of galaxies -- 2.1. Elliptical galaxies -- 2.2. Lenticular galaxies -- 2.3. Spiral galaxies -- 2.4. The de Vaucouleurs Classification scheme -- 2.5. Spiral galaxy bulges -- 2.6. S…
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Extragalactic astrophysics /
"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution -- 1.6. Galaxies2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax a…
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Inside the stars /
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Understanding the inside of the Sun. 1. A glimpse of the solar interior -- 2. The sun as a star -- 3. The role of radiation inside stars -- 4. The nature of star stuff -- 5. Discovering the source of solar energy6. Properties of the matter inside stars -- 6.1. The equation of state -- 6.2. Opacity calculations -- …
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Structure and evolution of single stars :an introduction /
"Version: 20151101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Observational background -- 1.1. Distances -- 1.2. Stellar brightness and luminosity -- 1.3. Colors -- 1.4. Spectroscopy -- 1.5. Color-magnitude diagrams -- 1.6. Stellar masses -- 1.7. The mass-luminosity relation for main seq…
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The most interesting galaxies in the universe /
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Historical background -- 2. Brief history of the Universe -- 3. Let there be light -- 3.1. Light magnitude4. Stars -- 4.1. Clusters -- 4.2. Stellar evolution5. Galaxy formation -- 5.1. Galaxy classes -- 5.2. Galaxy …
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Galaxy morphology /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Earlier classifications -- 1.2. Hubble's tuning fork -- 1.3. The 90% rule -- 1.4. Assignments -- 1.5. Further reading2. Galaxy scale -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. de Vaucouleurs profile -- 2.3. Exponential profile -- 2.4. S?ersic profile -- 2.5. Two-component galaxies -- 2.6. Vertical profiles -- 2.7.…
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An introduction to brown dwarfs :from very-low-mass stars to super-Jupiters /
"Version: 20241201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stars and brown dwarfs -- 1.2. Definitions and brown dwarf research paradigms -- 1.3. Discovery of brown dwarfs2. The basics -- 2.1. Fundamental parameters -- 2.2. Astronomy units: magnitudes and parsecs -- 2.3. Spectroscopy: velocities, surface gravity and metallicity3. Spectral types -- 3.1. Spec…
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Extragalactic astrophysics /
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution1.6. Galaxies -- 2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities -- 2.2. The equatorial coordinate system -- 2.3. Rotational transformatio…
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Lithium across the universe /
"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Background -- 1.1. A brief history of lithium -- 1.2. Atomic lithium in the gas phase -- 1.3. The lithium isotope ratio -- 1.4. Lithium in molecules -- 1.5. Lithium in solids2. Creation, destruction and preservation of lithium -- 2.1. Big bang lithium synthesis -- 2.2. Galactic sources of lithium -- 2.3. Where is lithi…
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Introduction to stars and planets :an activities-based exploration /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.26. The search for exoplanets : Doppler method -- 26.1. The Doppler effect -- 26.2. Center of mass -- 26.3. Detecting the solar system from afar -- 26.4. Weighing an exoplanet27. The search for exoplanets : transit method (I) -- 27.1. Introduction -- 27.2. Planetary transit basics -- 27.3. Detecting the solar system from …
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