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The Astronomer's Guide to the Universe

An introductory astronomy textbook covering the solar system, stars, galaxies, cosmology, and the methods astronomers use to understand the universe. Adapted from OpenStax Astronomy for an introductory college astronomy course.

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Tác giả: Alessandro Baldi
Nhà xuất bản: Butte College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Khoa học cơ bản

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01: The Modern Cosmos
1.01: A Tour of the Universe
1.02: Consequences of Light Travel Time
1.03: The Universe on the Large Scale
1.04: Numbers in Astronomy
02: The Universe through Your Eyes
2.01: Thinking Ahead
2.02: The Sky Above
2.03: Earth and Sky
2.04: The Seasons
2.05: Phases and Motions of the Moon
2.06: Ocean Tides and the Moon
2.07: Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
03: The Science of Astronomy
3.01: Ancient Astronomy
3.02: Astrology and Astronomy
3.03: The Birth of Modern Astronomy
3.04: The Laws of Planetary Motion
3.05: The Nature of Science
04: Making Sense of the Universe
4.01: Newtons Great Synthesis
4.02: Newtons Universal Law of Gravitation
05: Light- Messenger of the Cosmos
5.01: The Behavior of Light
5.02: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
5.03: Spectroscopy in Astronomy
5.04: The Structure of the Atom
5.05: Formation of Spectral Lines
5.06: The Doppler Effect
5.07: Telescopes
5.08: Telescopes Today
5.09: Visible-Light Detectors and Instruments
5.10: Radio Telescopes
5.11: Observations outside Earth's Atmosphere
5.12: The Future of Large Telescopes
06: Introduction to the Solar System
6.01: Overview of Our Planetary System
6.02: Composition and Structure of Planets
6.03: Dating Planetary Surfaces
6.04: Origin of the Solar System
6.05: Formation of the Solar System
07: Worlds Around Other Stars
7.01: Evidence That Planets Form around Other Stars
7.02: Planets beyond the Solar System- Search and Discovery
7.03: Exoplanets Everywhere - What we are Learning
7.04: New Perspectives on Planet Formation
08: Terrestrial Planets
8.01: Life Chemical Evolution and Climate Change
8.02: The Massive Atmosphere of Venus
8.03: Water and Life on Mars
8.04: Divergent Planetary Evolution
09: Jovian Planets
9.01: Exploring the Outer Planets
9.02: The Giant Planets
9.03: The Gailean Moons of Jupiter
9.04: Titan and Triton
10: Asteroids Comets and Dwarf Planets
10.01: Asteroids
10.02: Meteors
10.03: Meteorites - Stones from Heaven
10.04: The Long-Haired Comets
10.05: The Origin and Fate of Comets and Related Objects
10.06: Pluto and Charon
10.07: Cosmic Influences on the Evolution of Earth
11: The Sun Our Star
11.01: Sources of Sunshine- Thermal and Gravitational Energy
11.02: Mass Energy and the Theory of Relativity
11.03: The Structure and Composition of the Sun
11.04: The Solar Interior - Theory
11.05: The Solar Interior - Observations
11.06: The Solar Cycle
11.07: Solar Activity above the Photosphere
11.08: Space Weather
12: The Stellar Census
12.01: The Brightness of Stars
12.02: Surveying the Stars
12.03: Colors of Stars
12.04: The Spectra of Stars (and Brown Dwarfs)
12.05: Using Spectra to Measure Stellar Radius Composition and Motion
12.06: A Stellar Census
12.07: Measuring Stellar Masses
12.08: Diameters of Stars
12.09: The H-R Diagram
12.10: Star Clusters
12.11: Checking Out the Theory
13: Stellar Evolution
13.01: Star Formation
13.02: The H-R and the Study of Stellar Evolution
13.03: Evolution from the Main Sequence to Red Giants
13.04: Further Evolution of Stars
13.05: The Evolution of More Massive Stars
14: White Dwarfs Neutron Stars and Black Holes
14.01: The Death of Low-Mass Stars
14.02: Evolution of Massive Stars- An Explosive Finish
14.03: Supernova Observations
14.04: Pulsars and the Discovery of Neutron Stars
14.05: The Evolution of Binary Star Systems
14.06: Black Holes
14.07: Evidence for Black Holes
15: The Milky Way Our Island Universe
15.01: The Architecture of the Galaxy
15.02: The Interstellar Medium
15.03: Interstellar Gas
15.04: Cosmic Dust
15.05: The Life Cycle of Cosmic Material
15.06: Spiral Structure
15.07: The Mass of the Galaxy
15.08: Stellar Populations in the Galaxy
15.09: The Formation of the Galaxy
15.10: The Center of the Galaxy
16: The Expanding Universe of Galaxies
16.01: The Discovery of Galaxies
16.02: The Extragalactic Distance Scale
16.03: The Expanding Universe
16.04: Types of Galaxies
16.05: Properties of Galaxies
16.06: Quasars
16.07: Supermassive Black Holes- What Quasars really are
16.08: Quasars as Probes of Evolution in the Universe
17: The Big Bang and the Origin of the Cosmos
17.01: The Beginning of the Universe
17.02: The Cosmic Microwave Background
17.03: The Inflationary Universe
18: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
18.01: The Challenge of Dark Matter
18.02: The Age of the Universe
18.03: A Model of the Universe
18.04: What Is the Universe Really Made Of
19: Life in the Universe
19.01: The Cosmic Context for Life
19.02: Astrobiology
19.03: Searching for Life beyond Earth
19.04: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence