Book contents
- Spectral Atlas for Amateur AstronomersA Guide to the Spectra of Astronomical Objects and Terrestrial Light Sources
- Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Directory of Plates
- Chapter 2 Selection, Processing and Presentation of the Spectra
- Chapter 3 Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations
- Chapter 4 Overview and Characteristics of Stellar Spectral Classes
- Chapter 5 Spectral Class O
- Chapter 6 Spectral Class B
- Chapter 7 Spectral Class A
- Chapter 8 Spectral Class F
- Chapter 9 Spectral Class G
- Chapter 10 Spectral Class K
- Chapter 11 Spectral Class M
- Chapter 12 Spectral Sequence on the AGB
- Chapter 13 M(e) Stars on the AGB
- Chapter 14 Spectral Class S on the AGB
- Chapter 15 Carbon Stars on the AGB
- Chapter 16 Post-AGB Stars and White Dwarfs
- Chapter 17 Wolf–Rayet Stars
- Chapter 18 LBV Stars
- Chapter 19 Be Stars
- Chapter 20 Be Shell Stars
- Chapter 21 Pre-Main Sequence Protostars
- Chapter 22 Chemically Peculiar (CP) Stars
- Chapter 23 Spectroscopic Binaries
- Chapter 24 Novae
- Chapter 25 Supernovae
- Chapter 26 Extragalactic Objects
- Chapter 27 Star Clusters
- Chapter 28 Emission Nebulae
- Chapter 29 Reflectance Spectra of Solar System Bodies
- Chapter 30 Telluric Molecular Absorption
- Chapter 31 The Night Sky Spectrum
- Chapter 32 The Mesospheric Sodium Layer
- Chapter 33 Terrestrial and Calibration Light Sources
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Stellar Index
- Object Index: Deep Sky and Solar System
Chapter 4 - Overview and Characteristics of Stellar Spectral Classes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2017
- Spectral Atlas for Amateur AstronomersA Guide to the Spectra of Astronomical Objects and Terrestrial Light Sources
- Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Directory of Plates
- Chapter 2 Selection, Processing and Presentation of the Spectra
- Chapter 3 Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations
- Chapter 4 Overview and Characteristics of Stellar Spectral Classes
- Chapter 5 Spectral Class O
- Chapter 6 Spectral Class B
- Chapter 7 Spectral Class A
- Chapter 8 Spectral Class F
- Chapter 9 Spectral Class G
- Chapter 10 Spectral Class K
- Chapter 11 Spectral Class M
- Chapter 12 Spectral Sequence on the AGB
- Chapter 13 M(e) Stars on the AGB
- Chapter 14 Spectral Class S on the AGB
- Chapter 15 Carbon Stars on the AGB
- Chapter 16 Post-AGB Stars and White Dwarfs
- Chapter 17 Wolf–Rayet Stars
- Chapter 18 LBV Stars
- Chapter 19 Be Stars
- Chapter 20 Be Shell Stars
- Chapter 21 Pre-Main Sequence Protostars
- Chapter 22 Chemically Peculiar (CP) Stars
- Chapter 23 Spectroscopic Binaries
- Chapter 24 Novae
- Chapter 25 Supernovae
- Chapter 26 Extragalactic Objects
- Chapter 27 Star Clusters
- Chapter 28 Emission Nebulae
- Chapter 29 Reflectance Spectra of Solar System Bodies
- Chapter 30 Telluric Molecular Absorption
- Chapter 31 The Night Sky Spectrum
- Chapter 32 The Mesospheric Sodium Layer
- Chapter 33 Terrestrial and Calibration Light Sources
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Stellar Index
- Object Index: Deep Sky and Solar System
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- Spectral Atlas for Amateur AstronomersA Guide to the Spectra of Astronomical Objects and Terrestrial Light Sources, pp. 13 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017