A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars: A Pocket Field Guide (Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide)

Are You Ready For A Different Way Of Looking At The Stars? Do You Want To 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 Years), This Handy User-friendly Pocket-sized Field Atlas Contains The Spectra (spectral Diagrams) 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. Professional Atlases Are Far More Complex. Until Now, Nothing Was Available At An Amateur Level. This Book Fills An Important Gap As The First Amateur Spectroscopic Atlas To Be Published. The Reader Will Not Need To Have Any Prior Knowledge Of The Subject Or Understanding Of Complex Mathematics In Order To Use This Book. Written In Plain English And Without Difficult Equations, It Can Make The Subject Accessible To Anyone. It Can Even Serve As A Guide To The Stars At Astronomy Club Meetings Or Star Parties. I -- The Greek Alphabet -- The Periodic Table Of Elements -- The Spectral Sequence -- Ii -- The Star Atlas -- Star Atlas Index -- Stars By Right Ascension -- Other Examples Of Stellar Spectra. Jack Martin. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For the first time in one place, it identifies more than 70 (northern hemisphere) bright stars that are suitable observational targets for both amateurs and astronomy students. Finder charts are provided for locating these sometimes-familiar stars. Data for each star includes labelled stellar spectra, a spectral profile with spectral lines identified. These are conveniently laid out on a single page, opposite tables of spectroscopic properties, and lines and wavelengths identified. This is the first Spectral Atlas designed for amateur astronomers. It is equally relevant to college undergraduates, being intended to familiarize astronomers of any age and level of knowledge with labelled stellar spectra and their different properties. It contains much information about stars which is hard to find or inaccessible to most people. Martin_FM_O.pdf 2 Martin_Ch01_O.pdf 8 Chapter 1 9 Introduction 9 Astronomical Spectroscopy 9 What’s in This Book? 10 Equipment 10 Types of Black and White Film 12 Method of Photography 15 Developing and Printing of Film 15 Digitizing Black and White Prints 16 Martin_Ch02_O.pdf 17 Chapter 2 17 The Greek Alphabet 17 Martin_Ch03_O.pdf 18 Chapter 3 18 The Periodic Table of Elements 18 Martin_Ch04_O.pdf 20 Chapter 4 20 The Spectral Sequence 20 Spectral Class Characteristics 20 Martin_Ch05_O.pdf 27 Chapter 5 28 The Star Atlas 28 Martin_Ch06_O.pdf 173 Chapter 6 173 Star Atlas Index 173 Martin_Ch07_O.pdf 178 Chapter 7 178 Stars by Right Ascension 178 Martin_Ch08_O.pdf 181 Chapter 8 181 Other Examples of StellaR Spectra 181 Martin_BM_O.pdf 189 Anchor 1 189 Anchor 2 199 Martin_Index.pdf 201 Front Matter....Pages i-vi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-10 The Greek Alphabet....Pages 11-11 The Periodic Table of Elements....Pages 13-14 The Spectral Sequence....Pages 15-21 Front Matter....Pages 18-18 The Star Atlas....Pages 25-169 Star Atlas Index....Pages 171-175 Stars by Right Ascension....Pages 177-179 Other Examples of Stellar Spectra....Pages 181-188 Back Matter....Pages 189-205