Photographs of Stars, Star-Clusters and Nebulae - Together With Records of Results Obtained in Pursuit of Celestial

Klappentext Published between 1893 and 1899, this two-volume work illustrates the research of a pioneer of modern astronomy. Zusammenfassung A fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a pioneer in modern astronomy! Isaac Roberts made significant advances in the field of stellar photography. This second volume of Photographs of Stars! published in London in 1899! contains 29 plates of stars! and his conclusions about their origins and nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of the plates; Instruments; List of abbreviations adopted in this work; 1. The negatives; 2. Epoch of the Fiducial stars, A.D. 1900; 3. Table for converting the measured right ascensions; 4. Deterioration of the negatives; 5. Effects of atmospheric glare and of diffraction upon the films of photographic plates; 6. Arrangement of the plates; 7. Method for micro-puncturing the photographic discs of stars on plates; 8. Star catalogues and photographic charts; 9. Duration of the effective exposures given to photographic plates in the 20-inch reflector; 10. Are the millions of stars and the numerous nebulosities limited in number and extent; 11. The evolution of stellar systems; 12. Inferences suggested by examination of the photographs; 13. Description of the photographs; 14. M.31. Andromedae; 15. M.99 Virginis; 16. M.51 Canum Venaticorum; 17. Region of 7 Cassiopeiae; 18. Nebulae in the Pleiades; 19. M.42. Orionis; 20. General conclusions concerning the evolution of stellar systems.

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• Authors: Roberts Isaac, Isaac Roberts, Roberts Isaac
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9781108015233
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01523-3
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy; The Works of Thomas Carlyle
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy