Starlight: An Introduction to Stellar Physics for Amateurs (Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy) (Paperback)

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This 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.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781441907073
ISBN-10: 1441907076
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: September 28th, 2009
Pages: 277
Language: English
Series: Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy