The Analysis of Starlight: Two Centuries of Astronomical Spectroscopy

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Cambridge University Press, 17. mar. 2014
First published in 1986, this is the story of the analysis of starlight by astronomical spectroscopy. Beginning with Joseph Fraunhofer's discovery of spectral lines in the early nineteenth century, this new edition continues the story through to the year 2000. In addition to the key discoveries, it presents the cultural and social history of stellar astrophysics by introducing the leading astronomers and their struggles, triumphs and disagreements. Basic concepts in spectroscopy and spectral analysis are included, so both observational and theoretical aspects are described, in a non-mathematical framework. This new edition covers the final decades of the twentieth century, with its major advances in stellar astrophysics: the discovery of extrasolar planets, new classes of stars and the observation of the ultraviolet spectra of stars from satellites. The in-depth coverage makes it essential reading for graduate students working in stellar spectroscopy, professional and amateur astronomers, and historians of science.
 

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Introduction to spectroscopy spectroscopes and spectrographs
1
from Fraunhofer to Kirchhoff
21
Early pioneers in stellar spectroscopy
33
Spectral classification at Harvard
63
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82
The Doppler effect
86
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88
The interpretation of stellar spectra and the birth of astrophysics
127
Spectroscopy of peculiar stars
193
Quantitative analysis of stellar spectra
253
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Figure sources and acknowledgements
329
List of solar lines designated by letters by Fraunhofer and others
337
Index of star names
349
Index of subjects
355
Höfundarréttur

From the Henry Draper Catalogue to the MK system and beyond
152

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John Hearnshaw is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His research interests span stellar astrophysics, astronomical spectrographs, and the historical development of astrophysics. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand, a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and a Foreign Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. Professor Hearnshaw is the author of four books and 200 papers in astronomical literature, and has served as editor for seven conference proceedings. He has held visiting positions at Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Nagoya University, and National University of Mongolia, Ulaan Baatar. He has also served as Chair of IAU Program Group for the Worldwide Development of Astronomy, with lecture tours to Mongolia, Cuba, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Fiji and North Korea.

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