An Introduction to Astrophysics
- New Delhi PHI 2001
- xvi, 489p.
Includes index
Foreword • Preface • Preface to the First Edition 1. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS 2. BASIC PHYSICS 3. MAGNITUDES, MOTIONS AND DISTANCES OF STARS 4. SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION OF STARS 5. THE SUN 6. ATMOSPHERE OF STARS 7. BINARY AND MULTIPLE STARS 8. VARIABLE STARS 9. ERUPTING AND EXPLODING STARS 10. MORE STARS OF INTEREST 11. CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF STARS 12. GALACTIC NEBULAE 13. INTERSTELLAR MATTER 14. STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF STARS 15. NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES 16. OUR GALAXY 17. EXTERNAL GALAXIES 18. CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES 19. RADIO GALAXIES 20. QUASARS 21. COSMOLOGY 22. BIOASTRONOMY Index