| John R. Percy is Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. He is the world authority on variable star observation and author of books on astronomy and science education (especially astronomy).
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| List of Boxes List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1 History and development 1.1 Tycho's and Kepler's stars 1.2 The beginnings of modern astronomy 1.3 Systematic visual observations 1.4 The photographic revolution 1.5 Spectroscopy 1.6 Classification and explanation 1.7 Photoelectric photometry: the electronic revolution 1.8 Consolidation 1.9 The modern age 1.10 Variable stars: the present status 2 Stars 2.1 Positions 2.2 Binary and multiple stars 2.3 Star clusters 2.4 Galaxies 2.5 Motions of the stars 2.6 Apparent magnitude 2.7 Distance 2.8 Absolute magnitude and luminosity 2.9 Stellar masses 2.10 Spectra 2.11 Colour 2.12 Temperature 2.13 Diameter 2.14 Composition 2.15 Rotation 2.16 Radial velocity 2.17 TheHertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram 2.18 Star structure 2.19 Star formation 2.20 Star evolution 2.21 Star death 3 Variable stars 3.1 Magnitude and Julian Date 3.2 Measurement of variable stars 3.3 Discovery and observation 3.4 Analysis of variable star data 3.5 Classification 3.6 Certification 3.7 Nomenclature 3.8 Bibliography 4 Rotating variable stars 4.1 The spotted sun 4.2 Sunlike stars 4.3 FK Comae stars 4.4 RS Canum Venaticorum stars 4.5 BY Draconis stars 4.6 Peculiar A (Ap) stars 4.7 Pulsars 5 Eclipsing variable stars 5.1 Overview 5.2 Ellipsoidal variable stars 5.3 Classification of eclipsing variables 5.4 Analysis of eclipsing variables 5.5 Detached eclipsing variables 5.6 Semi-detached binaries 5.7 W Ursae Majoris stars - contact binaries 5.8 Symbiotic binary systems 5.9 VV Cephei stars 5.10 X-ray binaries 5.11 The evolution of binary systems 5.12 Transiting exoplanets 6 Pulsating variable stars 6.1 Pulsation modes 6.2 Pulsation mechanisms 6.3 Modelling stellar pulsation 7 Eruptive variable stars 8 Pre-main-sequence variable stars 9 Miscellaneous variable stars 10 Epilogue References Resources Index |
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