Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 2 covers the spectacular and interesting developments in the field of astronomy. This volume is organized into six parts encompassing 59 chapters that specifically explore solar-terrestrial relations, geophysics, planetary system, stellar astronomy, photometry, and spectroscopy.
The first part deals with the events in the ionosphere, the absorption of radio waves in the ionosphere, solar flares, and cosmic rays. The second part reviews the geophysical aspects of astronomy, particularly Earth's atmosphere, the ozone layer, and the morphology of geomagnetic storms and bays. The third part examines the status of planetary system research concerning the minor planets, comets, and meteors, while the fourth part highlights research works on stars. The last two parts are devoted to the application of photometry and spectroscopy in delineating certain aspects of astronomy, including galactic cluster, eclipse, and stellar temperatures and luminosity.
This book will be of value to astronomers, astrophysicists, geophysicists, and workers and researchers in the allied fields.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Saint Louis
Großbritannien
Dateigröße
ISBN-13
978-1-4832-2370-4 (9781483223704)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
8. Solar-Terrestrial Relations Regularities and Irregularities in the Ionosphere The Microscopic Mechanism for the Absorption of Radio Waves in the Ionosphere Solar Flares M-Regions and Solar Activity The Corpuscular Radiation of the Sun Cosmic Rays and the Sun9. Geophysics Non-seasonal Changes in the Earth's Rotation Seasonal Fluctuations in the Rate of Rotation of the Earth The Thickness of the Continents Some Techniques for Locating Thunderstorms from a Single Observing Station The Abundance of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Its Isotopes The Infra-Red Spectrum of the Earth's Atmosphere The Ozone Layer: an Investigation of the 9.6µ Ozone Band in the Telluric Spectrum Atmospheric Ozone Near the North Pole Research in the Upper Atmosphere with High Latitude Sounding Rockets The Morphology of Geomagnetic Storms and Bays: a General Review The Airglow10. Planetary System Current Trends in Minor Planet Research On the Present Situation in Cometary Research The Spectra of the Comets The Harvard Photographic Meteor Programme On the Evolution of the Meteor Streams The Zodiacal Light11. Stellar Astronomy Recent Advances in Positional Astronomy On the Increase of the Accuracy of Fundamental Declinations The Distances of the Stars: a Historical Review Fifty Years of Trigonometrical Parallaxes The Internal Accuracy of the Yale Parallaxes The Visual Binaries Planetary Companions of Stars White Dwarfs and Degenerate Stars The Dimensions of Omega Centauri On the Groups of Diffuse Emission Nebulae The Problem of Hagen's Clouds Interstellar Dust Interstellar Polarization12. Photometry Monochromatic Magnitudes The Cape Magnitudes and their Relationship to the International System The Zero-Point in Stellar Photometry Photographic Photometry of the Hyades Note on the Diameters of Photovisual Star Images The Galactic Cluster M29 (NGC 6913) A Contribution to the Problem of the Classification of Variable Stars Population II Cepheids of the Galaxy Spectrophotometry Observations of Cepheids at Arcetri The Problem of RR Lyrae Stars with Several Periods Photographic Light Curve of Eta Carinae Eclipsing Variable Stars: a Survey of the Field Eclipsing Variables in the Magellanic Clouds On Finding the Apsidal Period of an Eclipsing Binary Photometric Effects of Gaseous Envelopes in Close Eclipsing Binaries Statistics and Recent Results on Eclipsing Binaries13. Spectroscopy Atomic Spectra-their Role in Astrophysics Methods in Stellar Spectroscopy The Quantitative Chemical Analysis of Early-Type Stars The Technique and Possibilities of Astronomical Spectrophotometry The Continuous Spectrum The Problem of Stellar Temperatures New Spectral Classifications with Two or Three Parameters Two-Dimensional Spectral Classification of F Stars through Photoelectric Photometry with Interference Filters Luminosities of the B Stars from Spectroscopic Measurements Luminosity Classification of Stars of Late Spectral Type from Spectra of Moderate dispersion Objective Prism Spectra of Relatively Cool Stars in the Near Infrared14.
