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This new, fourth, edition of Allen's classic Astrophysical Quantities belongs on every astronomer's bookshelf. It has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date by a team of more than ninety internationally renowned astronomers and astrophysicists. While it follows the basic format of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cox, Arthur N (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cox, Arthur N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY Springer New York Imprint : Springer, 2002.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Physics.
Astronomy > Observations.
Astrophysics.
Astronomy.
Observations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Constants and Units
  • 3 Atoms and Molecules
  • 4 Spectra
  • 5 Radiation
  • 6 Radio Astronomy
  • 7 Infrared Astronomy
  • 8 Ultraviolet Astronomy
  • 9 X-Ray Astronomy
  • 10?-Ray and Neutrino Astronomy
  • 11 Earth
  • 12 Planets and Satellites
  • 13 Solar System Small Bodies
  • 14 Sun
  • 15 Normal Stars
  • 16 Stars with Special Characteristics
  • 17 Cataclysmic and Symbiotic Variables
  • 18 Supernovae
  • 19 Star Populations and the Solar Neighborhood
  • 20 Theoretical Stellar Evolution
  • 21 Circumstellar and Interstellar Material
  • 22 Star Clusters
  • 23 Milky Way and Galaxies
  • 24 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei
  • 25 Clusters and Groups of Galaxies
  • 26 Cosmology
  • 27 Incidental Tables.