Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ADDENDA
- CHAPTER I THE TASK OF SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER II THE METHODS OF SIDEREAL RESEARCH
- CHAPTER III SIRIAN AND SOLAR STARS
- CHAPTER IV STARS WITH BANDED SPECTRA
- CHAPTER V GASEOUS STARS AND NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER VI SIDEREAL EVOLUTION
- CHAPTER VII TEMPORARY STARS
- CHAPTER VIII VARIABLE STARS OF LONG PERIOD
- CHAPTER IX VARIABLE STARS OF SHORT PERIOD
- CHAPTER X THE COLOURS OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XI DOUBLE STARS
- CHAPTER XII VARIABLE DOUBLE STARS
- CHAPTER XIII STELLAR ORBITS
- CHAPTER XIV MULTIPLE STARS
- CHAPTER XV THE PLEIADES
- CHAPTER XVI STAR CLUSTERS
- CHAPTER XVII THE FORMS OF NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XVIII THE GREAT NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XIX THE NATURE AND CHANGES OF NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XX THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXI TRANSLATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XXII THE PROPER MOTIONS OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXIII THE MILKY WAY
- CHAPTER XXIV STATUS OF THE NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XXV THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS
- APPENDIX.—TABLES OF STELLAR DATA
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ADDENDA
- CHAPTER I THE TASK OF SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER II THE METHODS OF SIDEREAL RESEARCH
- CHAPTER III SIRIAN AND SOLAR STARS
- CHAPTER IV STARS WITH BANDED SPECTRA
- CHAPTER V GASEOUS STARS AND NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER VI SIDEREAL EVOLUTION
- CHAPTER VII TEMPORARY STARS
- CHAPTER VIII VARIABLE STARS OF LONG PERIOD
- CHAPTER IX VARIABLE STARS OF SHORT PERIOD
- CHAPTER X THE COLOURS OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XI DOUBLE STARS
- CHAPTER XII VARIABLE DOUBLE STARS
- CHAPTER XIII STELLAR ORBITS
- CHAPTER XIV MULTIPLE STARS
- CHAPTER XV THE PLEIADES
- CHAPTER XVI STAR CLUSTERS
- CHAPTER XVII THE FORMS OF NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XVIII THE GREAT NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XIX THE NATURE AND CHANGES OF NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XX THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXI TRANSLATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XXII THE PROPER MOTIONS OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXIII THE MILKY WAY
- CHAPTER XXIV STATUS OF THE NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XXV THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS
- APPENDIX.—TABLES OF STELLAR DATA
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- The System of the Stars , pp. xxPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1890