Stars and Galaxies:

Introductory Astronomy Textbook

 

by

Irina Mullins

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

 

Chapter 1. Introduction

 

Chapter 2. Observational Astronomy

 

Chapter 3. Gravity and Orbital Motion

 

Chapter 4. Atoms and Light

 

Chapter 5. Spectroscopy and Astronomical Tools

 

Chapter 6. Interstellar Medium and Birth of Stars

 

Chapter 7. The Sun

 

Chapter 8. Properties of Stars

 

Chapter 9. Evolution of Stars

 

Chapter 10. Death of Stars and Compact Objects

 

Chapter 11. The Milky Way Galaxy

 

Chapter 12. Galaxies

 

Chapter 13. Active Galaxies

 

Chapter 14. Cosmology

 

Chapter 15. Search for Life in the Solar System and the Universe

 

 

 

 

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