Highlights of Astronomy

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 A New Look at the Sun
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   Chapter 2 Early Stages of the Universe
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   Chapter 3 The Physics of the Interstellar Matter
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   Chapter 4 Galaxies and Their Nuclei
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   Chapter 5 The Astronomy and Cosmology of Copernicus
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   Chapter 6 X-Ray Sources in Close Binary Systems
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   Chapter 7 The Next Decade in Stellar Atmospheres Theory
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   Chapter 8 The Future of Observational Stellar Atmospheres
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    Chapter 9 The Next Decade of Theoretical Solar Physics
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    Chapter 10 The Next Decade in Observational Solar Research
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    Chapter 11 Asymmetry in Solar Spectral Lines
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    Chapter 12 Introductory Remarks
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    Chapter 13 Pro and Contra Changes in the Conventional Values of Precession
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    Chapter 14 The Calculation of the Nutations
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    Chapter 15 Planetary Ephemerides
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    Chapter 16 Astronomical Units, Constants and Time-Scales
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    Chapter 17 Introduction
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    Chapter 18 High Resolution Interferometry of Cool Stars
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    Chapter 19 Presentation and Interpretation of High Resolution Infrared Spectra of Late-Type Stars
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    Chapter 20 High Resolution Spectra of M and C Stars by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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    Chapter 21 Scans and Narrow-Band Photometry of Late-Type Stars in the One-Micron Region
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    Chapter 22 Medium Resolution Stellar Spectra in the Two-Micron Region
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    Chapter 23 Fourier Transform Spectrophotometry and Its Application to the Study of K-Giants
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    Chapter 24 Interpretation of Carbon Stars Spectra from Model Atmospheres Computations
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    Chapter 25 Stellar Spectroscopy at 1.1μ
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    Chapter 26 Open Discussion
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    Chapter 27 Preface
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    Chapter 28 The Ages of Stars in the Neighbourhood of the Sun
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    Chapter 29 Gould’s Belt
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    Chapter 30 Red Variables and Their Main Sequence Progenitors
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    Chapter 31 Low Luminosity Stars and White Dwarfs
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    Chapter 32 The Kinematics and Ages of Stars in Gliese’s Catalogue
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    Chapter 33 The Third and Fourth Moments of the Local Stellar Velocity Distribution
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    Chapter 34 The Abundance and Age Distribution of 500 F Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood
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    Chapter 35 The Space Density of Faint M-Dwarfs
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    Chapter 36 The Correlation Between Kinematical Properties and Ages of Stellar Populations
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    Chapter 37 Space Distribution and Motion of the Local H i Gas
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    Chapter 38 Influence of a Spiral Gravitational Field on the Observational Determination of Galactic Structure
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    Chapter 39 Solar Neighbourhood as the Local Macroscopic Volume Element Within the Galaxy
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    Chapter 40 How Can it All be Stable?
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    Chapter 41 Closing Remarks
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    Chapter 42 On the Growth of the Earth-Moon System
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    Chapter 43 Evidence for Lunar-Type Objects in the Early Solar System
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    Chapter 44 The Movement of Small Particulate Matter in the Early Solar System and the Formation of Satellites
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    Chapter 45 Gravitational Collapse and the Formation of the Solar Nebula
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    Chapter 46 The Principle of Least Interaction Action
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    Chapter 47 Summary
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    Chapter 48 The Chemical Composition of the Envelopes of Novae
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    Chapter 49 The Shell of V603 Aql and the Early Stages of the Nova Event
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    Chapter 50 Spectrophotometry of Supernovae
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    Chapter 51 On the Physical Model of Supernovae Close to Light Maximum
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    Chapter 52 Supernova Remnants
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    Chapter 53 Soft X-Ray Observations of Supernova Remnants
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    Chapter 54 Report on the Lecce Conference on Supernovae