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| Author(s): | J. Kaler |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISBN: | 0387954368 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 213pp | |
| Price: | £21.00, $32.50, €29.95 |
| Review Date: | 23 October 2002 |
| Review: | The astronomer Jim Kaler, from Illinois University, picks a selection of 100 of his favourite stars. They include an enormous variety of sizes, temperatures, ages, and brightness’s: from The Black Widow, which spins 640 times per second, to Barnard’s Star which travels at 90 km/s, from tiny neutron stars like Geminga, which is 30 km across to VV Cephei, which is almost as large as the orbit of Saturn. Each of them is introduced by a short summary that gives the star’s name, resident constellation, apparent brightness as viewed from Earth, distance, visual luminosity, and its significance and is accompanied by a photograph or illustration. The stars are arranged alphabetically –Acrux to ZZ ceti – |