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Sirius Matters (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)

By Noah Brosch

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
9781402083181, 9781402083198, 1402083181, 140208319X
LCC
QB805.S5 B76 2008
Open Library ID
OL22565990M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5370902 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
218\225
Topic
Physics Astronomy
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Наблюдательная аст

Description

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.

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