Stars and galaxies /

Seeds, Michael A.,

Stars and galaxies / Michael A. Seeds (Joseph R. Grundy Observatory, Franklin and Marshall College), Dana E. Backman (SETI Institute & NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy). - Tenth edition. - 1 volume, xi, 427 pages (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes star charts. Includes index.

Here and now --
A user's guide to the sky --
Moon phases and eclipses --
The origin of modern astronomy --
Gravity --
Light and telescopes --
Atoms and spectra --
The sun --
The family of stars --
The interstellar medium --
The formation and structure of stars --
Stellar evolution --
The deaths of stars --
Neutron stars and black holes --
The milky way galaxy --
Galaxies --
Active galaxies and supermassive black holes --
Modern cosmology --
Astrobiology: life on other worlds.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Science


Text in English

9781337399944 (pbk. : student edition) 1337399949 9781337400107 (looseleaf edition)

2017945322


Stars--Textbooks.
Earth science.
Galaxies--Textbooks.
Astronomy--Textbooks.

QB801 / .S44 2019

523.8 Se32 2019