T. Padmanabhan- Theoretical Astrophysics Volume II: Stars and Stellar Systems
Astrophysics: stars
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Transcript of Astrophysics: stars
Lockyer’s sketch of his “evolutionary” stellar classification system
Lockyer’s laboratory spectra from electric arcs and (higher temperature) sparks, showing “proto-elements”
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HR diagram from binary star data, Redman, MNRAS 88 (1928) 718, and sketch of giant-and-dwarf evolution from Eddington 1926
Astrophysics: stellar Astrophysics: stellar remnantsremnants
Sirius B: faint in optical, but bright in X rays!
The Crab Nebula and its pulsar (SNR
1054)
HST image of
Eskimo planetary
nebula
Astrophysics: stellar Astrophysics: stellar remnantsremnantsThe presumed black-
hole binary Cygnus X-1 seen in radio
emission (Gallo et al., Nature
436 (2005) 819-821)