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This book describes the equipment, observational techniques and analysis used in the investigation of stellar photospheres. The opening chapters describe the basic tools as well as the physics of radiative transfer and the construction of models. The final chapters explain how these techniques enable astronomers to deduce valuable information on basic properties of stars.Gray, David F. is the author of 'The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres', published 1992 under ISBN 9780521408684 and ISBN 0521408687.
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