A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars A Pocket Field Guide by Jack Martin (PB, 2010)
Content Description: This book will help you understand more about what you are seeing through your telescope. Painstakingly researched with the data compiled over many years by the author (an amateur astronomer for 45 yrs.), this handy user friendly pocket-sized field atlas contains the spectra (spectral diagrams) and other profiles of over 73 bright stars in the northern hemisphere and is intended for use by other amateurs, students, and educational institutions as an introduction to the fascinating and important science of stellar spectroscopy. Book is divided into two parts. Part One contains Introduction, The Greek Alphabet, The Periodic Table of Elements, and the Spectral Sequence. Part Two contains The Star Atlas, Star Atlas Index, Stars by Right Ascension, and Other Examples of Stellar Spectra. Book also contains a glossary of terms as well as numerous charts.
Condition Description: Book is in good condition with no underlining, no highlighting, and no writing in margins. No missing pages and no creases or tears.
Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media
Number of Pages: 205
Dimensions: 6" x 8" x 3/8"
Country of Manufacture: USA