Binary Stars: Constellations #1

Binary Stars: Constellations #1
Author: Daisy Fairchild
Publisher: Space Fruit Press
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2023-07-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1957403454

Binary Stars: Constellations #1 is a sizzling sci-fi LGBTQ+ anthology, featuring four stories of intergalactic romance. From a shady bar on the wrong side of the asteroid field, to a royal wedding that gets a rude interruption, to two rival lawyers going deep in the archives, to a formal treaty ceremony that heads in an unexpected direction — these tales of space-age hijinks will steam up your atmosphere. Four previously-unpublished stories of queer romance and adventure: “What the Empress Wants” by Daisy Fairchild The Empress of the Ehk'sorki is on her way across the galaxy to get married, along with an armada of warships and a fortune in jewels. It will only take one pirate with a very small spaceship to change the plan, but rebel pilot Hylbe's sabotage doesn't go as expected. She's about to learn that kidnapping an Empress doesn't necessarily mean certain death, but it will be an adventure. “We Come in Peace” by Rena Butler This should be Captain Abram Adoyo's finest hour, as he brokers a treaty with the gentle Khuzoid people of Iarus V. But while the Khuzoid are a peaceful species, they demand that Abe perform an important rite for them as part of their negotiating process. The captain never expected his first officer, Mattys Kriel, to be involved in such an intimate act — but he will do anything to complete their mission. No matter how hard it gets. “The Last Place They'd Look” by Catherine Fletcher Tal is an intergalactic courier down on their luck and looking for a quick buck in a seedy bar at the edge of the galaxy. That's where they meet Kate, an unexpected human who is seeking escape immediately, no questions asked. What Tal doesn't realize is how dangerous it will be to have Kate onboard — not just to their livelihood, but also to their heart. “Trash Planet Confidential” by Louisa Vidal Onyez thought she'd left her nemesis Vio behind when she went to practice law on a different planet. But then Vio shows up in Onyez's office with a request that she can't bring herself to refuse. Will these two lawyers manage to acquit themselves, or will this be a love trial?

Double Stars for Small Telescopes

Double Stars for Small Telescopes
Author: Sissy Haas
Publisher: Sky Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Double stars
ISBN: 9781931559324

This catalog of dounle stars is among the most comprehensive ever printed. With over 2,100 star pairings listed with coordinates, color, and interesting information about every pair, Double Stars for Small Telescopes is an essential addition to the library of every astronomy enthusiast. 248 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 invhes, softcover.

Binary Stars

Binary Stars
Author: Dirk Terrell
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Total Pages: 383
Release: 1992
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780894646980

This atlas provides insight into the makeup of binary star systems. Each page shows one binary star system at about ten positions in its orbit, so as to provide perspective for the viewer as the system turns. It also details fundamental dimensions, mass data and radiative quantities.

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars
Author: Peter Eggleton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2006-07-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139456954

Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary companion can also have its evolution influenced by the companion. Multiple star systems can exist stably for millions of years, but can ultimately become unstable as one star grows in radius until it engulfs another. This volume, first published in 2006, discusses the statistics of binary stars; the evolution of single stars; and several of the most important kinds of interaction between two (and even three or more) stars. Some of the interactions discussed are Roche-lobe overflow, tidal friction, gravitational radiation, magnetic activity driven by rapid rotation, stellar winds, magnetic braking and the influence of a distant third body on a close binary orbit. A series of mathematical appendices gives a concise but full account of the mathematics of these processes.

Binary Star

Binary Star
Author: Sarah Gerard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781937512255

An intense, elegiac portrait of young lovers as they battle personal afflictions, toy with veganarchism, and traverse the American countryside.

An Introduction to Close Binary Stars

An Introduction to Close Binary Stars
Author: R. W. Hilditch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2001-03-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521798006

Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. They are of fundamental importance because they allow stellar masses, radii and luminosities to be measured directly, and explain a host of diverse and energetic phenomena including X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables, novae, symbiotic stars, and some types of supernovae. This 2001 book was the first to provide a pedagogical and comprehensive introduction to binary stars. It combines theory and observations at all wavelengths to develop a unified understanding of binaries of all categories. It comprehensively reviews methods for calculating orbits, the Roche model, ideas about mass exchange and loss, methods for analysing light curves, the masses and dimensions of different binary systems, and imaging the surfaces of stars and accretion structures. This book provides a thorough introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Researchers will also find this to be an authoritative reference.

Short-Period Binary Stars: Observations, Analyses, and Results

Short-Period Binary Stars: Observations, Analyses, and Results
Author: Eugene F. Milone
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2008-02-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402065442

This book explores cataclysmic variables with and without strong, overpowering magnetic fields. You’ll read about stars with densities ranging from that of the Sun to the degenerate matter of white dwarfs to the ultra-compact states of neutron stars and black holes. One of the objects examined and discussed is the Double Pulsar, highlighting what observations have told us about fundamental physics.

The Realm of Interacting Binary Stars

The Realm of Interacting Binary Stars
Author: J. Sahade
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401124167

More than two centuries have elapsed since the story of the interacting binary stars began with the rediscovery of the variability of Algol by John Goodricke and the interpretation he proposed for explaining the regular periodic brightness variations which he found. Over this long span of time our knowledge about these systems has been growing, and we have now reached a fairly good understanding of the structure and behavior of this interesting group of objects. This book contains a timely summary of our present knowledge of interacting binary stars. The chapters have been written by distinguished scientists who have done relevant research in the field of interacting binary stars.