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100			_aRobinson, Keith _9898123
245		0	_aStarlight:an introduction to stellar physics for amateurs
260			_aNew York, _bSpringer: _c2009.
300			_aix, 277p. _b: ill.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.; Appendices 1-3, 265-272p.; Index 273-277p.
520			_aThis is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal the temperatures, masses, luminosities and outer structure of these far away points of light. The laws of physics themselves enable us to journey to the very center of a star and to understand its inner structure and source of energy! Starlight provides an in-depth study of stellar astrophysics that requires only basic high school mathematics and physics, making it accessible to all amateur astronomers. Starlight teaches amateur astronomers about the physics of stars and starlight in a friendly, easy-to-read way. The reader will take away a profoundly deeper understanding of this truly fascinating subject – and find his practical observations more rewarding and fulfilling as a result.
650			_aAstrophyssics-popular works _9898124
650			_a Popular science in astronomy _9898125
650			_a Stars-magnitudes _9898126
650			_a Stars-spectra-popular works _9898127
650			_aPhysics _9898128
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