ABSTRACT

Astronomy is the field of science devoted to the study of astronomical objects, such as stars, galaxies, and nebulae. Astronomers have gathered a wealth of knowledge about the universe through hundreds of years of painstaking observations. These observations are interpreted by the use of physical and chemical laws familiar to mankind. These interpr

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

Observations

chapter 3|22 pages

Astrometry

chapter 4|22 pages

Photometry

chapter 5|12 pages

Gravitation and Kepler’s Laws

chapter 6|24 pages

Stars, Stellar Spectra, and Classification

chapter 7|22 pages

Radiation from Astronomical Sources

chapter 8|26 pages

Stellar Structure

chapter 9|24 pages

Stellar Nuclear Reactions

chapter 10|18 pages

Star Formation and Stellar Evolution

chapter 11|16 pages

The Sun

chapter 12|24 pages

The Solar System

chapter 13|18 pages

Binary Stars

chapter 14|18 pages

The Milky Way

chapter 15|12 pages

Galaxies

chapter 16|30 pages

Cosmology

chapter 17|14 pages

Active Galaxies