The Milky Way

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Harvard University Press, 1976 - Science - 273 pages
A swirling spiral of 100 billion star-suns, star clusters, nebulae, and cosmic dust, the Milky Way is our Home Galaxy; yet research during the past ten years have overturned assumptions about even its most fundamental characteristics.

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Contents

Pulsating Stars and Globular
8
The Milky Way Telescopic Views Photographic
20
Terms and Concepts Telescopes and Auxiliary
27
Copyright

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The Milky Way
Bart Jan Bok,Priscilla Fairfield Bok
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21-centimeter absolute magnitude absorption lines apparent magnitude associated astronomers average Baade band bright brighter brightest stars central plane cepheids clouds clus color cosmic dust cosmic rays dark nebulae diagram direction distance distant stars dwarfs effects emission nebulae faint stars filter galactic center galactic longitude galactic plane galactic rotation gas and dust globular clusters globules H II regions H-alpha Hyades infrared interstellar absorption interstellar gas ionized kilometers per second light luminosity main sequence mass measure Messier 31 micron Milky Milky Way system nebulosity neutral atomic hydrogen nucleus number of stars Observatory observed open clusters optical orbit Orion parallax parsecs particles photoelectric photograph polarization Population produced proper motions protostars radial velocities reddening reflector RR Lyrae variables Sagittarius second of arc shown solar southern spectral class spectral types spectrum spiral arms spiral features spiral structure stellar studies Sun's supergiant supernova tion tudes ultraviolet visual wavelength

About the author (1976)

Born in northern Holland, Bart Jan Bok received his Ph.D. from the University of Groningen. His poor performance on a Boy Scout examination covering the stellar constellations kindled a lifelong interest in astronomy. Prior to World War II, Bok emigrated to the United States, becoming a citizen in 1938. For nearly 30 years he served on the faculty at Harvard University, where he taught astronomy and directed the Harvard Observatory. From 1966 to 1974, Bok was professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona. Bok is most widely known for the discovery of Bok globules, or small patches of dust that might be the sites of star and planet formation. In his later life, Bok developed astronomical enterprises in Australia and in Arizona. Bol died in 1983.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Milky Way
Books on Astronomy
The Harvard books on astronomy
AuthorsBart J. Bok, Priscilla F. Bok
Edition4, illustrated, reprint
PublisherHarvard University Press, 1976
ISBN0674575024, 9780674575028
Length273 pages
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