Observationer: utrustning & metoder

An intriguing overview of the ways in which science could find evidencefor extraterrestrial life Are we alone in the universe, oris life a universal phenomenon?For fifty …

The phrases "Very Low-Mass star" , "VLM star", or simply "VLM" are now used fairly uniformly by as­ tronomers studying the stars at the bottom of the hydrogen-burning stellar main …

The "standard candles", used to set up the extragalactic distance scale, reviewed in this book include cepheid variables, RR Lyrae variables, novae, Type Ia and Type II supernovae …

Due to its extensive applications in stealth technology, much of the research effort in radar absorbing materials (RAM) has remained classified. In order to further induce the …

A total eclipse of the Sun is due in August 1999. It will attract alot of interest because - unusually - it will be visible in much of Europe and the UK. A total Solar Eclipse is …

This book comprises a fascinating collection of contributions on the Merz telescopes in Italy that collectively offer the first survey on historical large refracting telescopes in …

Advances in the dynamics of stellar systems have been made recently by applying mathematical methods of ergodic theory and chaotic dynamics, by numerous computer simulations, and …

Proceedings of the 158th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Keele, United Kingdom, June 26-30, 1995

China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty …

In recent years, it has become clear that the red-giant phase is one of the most dramatic periods in a star's life, when all of its parts become involved in ways that have both …