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Book Description
This new edition of Allen's classic "Astrophysical Quantities" belongs on every astronomer's bookshelf. It has been thoroughly revised and updated by a team of internationally renowned team of astronomers and astrophysicists. Topics covered include: * General constants and units * Atoms, molecules, and spectra * Observational astronomy at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays, and neutrinos * Planetary astronomy: Earth, planets and satellites, and solar system small bodies * The Sun, normal stars, and stars with special characteristics * Cataclysmic and symbiotic variables, supernovae * Theoretical stellar evolution * Circumstellar and interstellar material * Star clusters, galaxies, quasars, and active galactic nuclei * Clusters and groups of galaxies * Cosmology
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Includes detailed tables of the most recent data on general constants and units, atoms, molecules, and spectra, observational astronomy at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays, and neutrinos, and cosmology. DLC: Astrophysical--Tables.
Astrophysical Quantities,Arthur Cox,Springer,0387987460,Astronomy - General,Astrophysics,Astrophysics & Space Science,Science,Science/Mathematics,Tables,Constants,Science / Astronomy,cosmology,galaxies,interstellar matter,observational astronomy,planetary astronomy,quasars,spectrographic Astrophysics,star cluster,stars,stellar evolution,sun,supernovae
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