Fundamental Astronomy
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Front Matter....Pages I-XV Introduction....Pages 1-7 Spherical Astronomy....Pages 9-47 Observations and Instruments....Pages 49-91 Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes....Pages 93-109 Radiation Mechanisms....Pages 111-128 Temperatures....Pages 129-134 Celestial Mechanics....Pages 135-159 The Solar System....Pages 161-231 Stellar Spectra....Pages 233-249 Binary Stars and Stellar Masses....Pages 251-259 Stellar Structure....Pages 261-278 Stellar Evolution....Pages 279-298 The Sun....Pages 299-313 Variable Stars....Pages 315-328 Compact Stars....Pages 329-341 The Interstellar Medium....Pages 343-377 Star Clusters and Associations....Pages 379-387 The Milky Way....Pages 389-410 Galaxies....Pages 411-438 Cosmology....Pages 439-463 Back Matter....Pages 465-542
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