"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…
"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…
"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 …
"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.…
"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…
"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Astrophysical dust : an overview -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Methods of investigation -- 1.3. Interstellar environments -- 1.4. Significance2. The interaction of dust and electromagnetic radiation -- 2.1. Extinction -- 2.2. Polarization -- 2.3. Infrared emission -- 2.4. Grain dynamics3. The observed properties of dust…