Solar System Pathways an Introduction to Astronomy With Starry Nights Pro

THE COSMIC LANDSCAPE 1 Our Planetary Neighborhood 2 Beyond the Solar System 3 Astronomical Numbers 4 Foundations of Astronomy 5 The Night Sky 6 The Year 7 The Time of Day 8 Lunar Cycles 9 Calendars 10 Geometry of the Earth, Sun and Moon 11 Planets: The Wandering Stars 12 The Beginnings of Modern Astronomy 13 Observing the Sky PROBING MATTER,LIGHT AND INTERACTION 14 Inertia, Mass and Force 15 Accerleration and Interaction 16 The Law of Gravity 17 Measuring a Body's Mass Using Orbital Motion 18 Escape Velocity 19 Tides 20 Conservation Laws 21 Light, Matter and Energy 22 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 23 Thermal Radiation 24 Atomic Spectra 25 The Doppler Shift 26 Detecting Light 27 Collecting Light 28 Focusing Light 29 Telescope Resolution 30 The Earth's Atmosphere and Space Observations 31 Amateur Astonomy STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION 49 The Sun, Our Star 50 The Sun's Source of Power 51 Solar Activity 52 Surveying the Stars 53 Light and Distance 54 The Composition and Temperatures of Stars 55 The Sizes of Stars 56 The Masses of Orbiting Stars 57 The H-R Diagram 58 Stellar Evolution 59 Star Formation 60 Main-Sequence Stars 61 Giant Stars 62 Variable Stars 63 Mass Loss and Death of Low Mass Stars 64 Old Age and Death of Massive Stars 65 Star Clusters 66 Exploding White Dwarfs 67 Neutron Stars 68 Black Holes GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE 69 Discovering the Milky Way 70 Stars of the Milky Way 71 Gas and Dust in the Milky Way 72 Mass and Motions in the Milky Way 73 A Universe of Galaxies 74 Types of Galaxies 75 Galaxy Clustering 76 Active Galaxies 77 Dark Matter 78 Cosmology 79 Edges of the Universe 80 The Fate of the Universe 81 The Beginnings of the Universe 82 Astrobiology 83 The Search for Life ElsewhereSchneider, Steven is the author of 'Solar System Pathways an Introduction to Astronomy With Starry Nights Pro' with ISBN 9780073279688 and ISBN 0073279684.