Overview
Accessible to amateur astronomers, this book presents an overview of the science and technology associated with infrared astronomy. With color figures, it shows how infrared astronomy provides insights into the workings of the universe that are unavailable at other wavelengths. Readers will discover what infrared astronomy reveals about the planets, moons, and other bodies that constitute our Solar System; star formation and stellar evolution; the processes that shape galaxies; and dark energy and dark matter.
- | Author: David L. Clements
- | Publisher: Crc Press
- | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 290 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 036778372X
- | ISBN-13: 9780367783723