A comprehensive handbook on the tools, methods, and results of stellar taxonomy, this book describes modern methods of spectroscopic and photometric classification, and identifies particular families of stars, progressing from the hottest to the coolest. Within each category a description is given of the normal types and all the peculiar stars. The emphasis throughout is on the phenomenology of classification, rather than the underlying astrophysics.
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"...a clear, authoritative account of the taxonomy of stars." Science and Technology Book News
"An excellent introduction to how astronomers are able to do stellar astronomy. The book is very well written and the diagrams and references make it a volume that will be referred to frequently by everyone interested in the problems of stellar classification." Choice
"An excellent introduction to how astronomers are able to do stellar astronomy. The book is very well written and the diagrams and references make it a volume that will be referred to frequently by everyone interested in the problems of stellar classification." Choice
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Important book, but out of date.,
By David Ardila (ardila@garavito.berkeley.edu) (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This book is a nice resource for the professional astronomer, but is definitely out of date, with its emphasis on photographic plates. It has little mention of electronic detectors or recent calibrations of cool stars in the red. The discussion of the physical effects modifying the lines is very limited. But the chapters devoted to each spectral type provide a nice overview of the subject. In summary, a good book ready for a new edition!.
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Taxonomy, according to the dictionary, is the classification of objects into ordered categories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
weak line stars, lower plate factors, low plate factors, positive luminosity effect, weak metallic lines, ubvy photometry, photometric space, uvby photometry, other photometric systems, spectra reference atlas, line photometry, uvby system, abnormal stars, barium stars, anomalous stars, luminosity criteria, luminosity effects, photometric classification, photometric index, metal deficient stars, classification dispersion, metal weakening, broad band photometry, emission line stars, low radial velocity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Reidel Publ, Henry Draper, Annals Harvard Obs, Dudley Obs, Objektiv-Prismen Spektren, Philip Davis, Ohio State Univ, Large Magellanic Cloud, Mokslas Publ, References Abt, Tokyo Astron, Continuum Weak, Palo Alto, Press Keenan, Strasbourg Colloquium, University of Michigan Houk New!
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Taxonomy, according to the dictionary, is the classification of objects into ordered categories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
weak line stars, lower plate factors, low plate factors, positive luminosity effect, weak metallic lines, ubvy photometry, photometric space, uvby photometry, other photometric systems, spectra reference atlas, line photometry, uvby system, abnormal stars, barium stars, anomalous stars, luminosity criteria, luminosity effects, photometric classification, photometric index, metal deficient stars, classification dispersion, metal weakening, broad band photometry, emission line stars, low radial velocity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Reidel Publ, Henry Draper, Annals Harvard Obs, Dudley Obs, Objektiv-Prismen Spektren, Philip Davis, Ohio State Univ, Large Magellanic Cloud, Mokslas Publ, References Abt, Tokyo Astron, Continuum Weak, Palo Alto, Press Keenan, Strasbourg Colloquium, University of Michigan Houk New!
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- Introduction to Astronomical Photometry (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by M. Golay on page 313
- Be Stars (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by Carlos Jaschek on page 151
- Stellar Interiors - Physical Principles, Structure, and Evolution by Carl J. Hansen on 4 pages
- The Behavior of Chemical Elements in Stars by Carlos Jaschek on page 2, and page 265
- Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars: IAU Colloquium 106 (I a U Colloquium//Proceedings) by Hollis R. Johnson on page 4, and page 12
- An Introduction to Close Binary Stars (Cambridge Astrophysics) by R. W. Hilditch on page 65, and Back Matter
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