Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy
Author: Martin A. Barstow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2003-03-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139435124

This book describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet wavelength range, from the first rocket-based experiments to later satellite missions. It will be of great value to graduate students and researchers.

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy
Author: Roger F. Malina
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1483287181

The field of extreme ultraviolet astronomy will see two major satellite observatories to be launched in 1991, one by ESA (ROSAT mission), one by NASA (EUVE mission). These Proceedings discuss the potential for EUV Astronomy, results from recent missions, approved and possible future missions and new developments in EUV technology.

Sirius Matters

Sirius Matters
Author: Noah Brosch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2008-05-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 140208319X

Since very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity and was the subject of many myths and legends, including some modern ones. It was perceived as a red star for more than 400 years, but such reports were relegated to the Mediterranean region. Astronomically, Sirius is a very bright star. This, and its present close distance to us, argues in favor of it being the target of detailed studies of stellar structure and evolution. Its binary nature, with a companion that is one of the more massive white dwarfs, is an additional reason for such studies. This book collects the published information on Sirius in an attempt to derive a coherent picture of how this system came to look as it does.

Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet

Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet
Author: Stuart Bowyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 603
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401139881

From the beginning of Space Astronomy, the Extreme Ultraviolet band of the spectrum (roughly defined as the decade in energy from 90-900 Å) was deemed to be the `unobservable ultraviolet'. Pioneering results from an EUV telescope on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in 1975 forcibly demonstrated that this view was incorrect; but it required the all-sky surveys of the English Wide-Field Camera and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer to demonstrate the broad potential of this field. Over 700 EUV sources have now been detected. Over 150 researchers from 16 countries gathered to share results in this new field at the International Astronomical Union Colloquium No. 152. Papers were presented on a wide variety of topics including cool star coronae, white dwarf atmospheres and evolution, neutron stars, the Io torus, cataclysmic variable stars, active galactic nuclei, the interstellar medium, winds and atmospheres of early type stars, and EUV plasma diagnostics. Selected manuscripts from this meeting are provided in these Conference Proceedings.

NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1979

NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1979
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1278
Release: 1978
Genre:
ISBN: