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Preface;
Part I. The Tools of Astronomy:
1. The celestial sphere;
2. Celestial mechanics;
3. The continuous spectrum of light;
4. The theory of special relativity;
5. The interaction of light and matter;
6. Telescopes;
Part II. The Nature of Stars:
7. Binary systems and stellar parameters;
8. The classification of stellar spectra;
9. Stellar atmospheres;
10. The interiors of stars;
11. The Sun;
12. The interstellar medium and star formation;
13. Main sequence and post-main-sequence stellar evolution;
14. Stellar pulsation;
15. The fate of massive stars;
16. The degenerate remnants of stars;
17. General relativity and black holes;
18. Close binary star systems;
Part III. The Solar System:
19. Physical processes in the solar system;
20. The terrestrial planets;
21. The realms of the giant planets;
22. Minor bodies of the solar system;
23. Formation of planetary systems;
Part IV. Galaxies and the Universe:
24. The Milky Way Galaxy;
25. The nature of galaxies;
26. Galactic evolution;
27. The structure of the Universe;
28. Active galaxies;
29. Cosmology;
30. The early Universe; Appendix A. Astronomical and physical constants; Appendix B. Unit conversions; Appendix C. Solar system data; Appendix D. The constellations; Appendix E. The brightest stars; Appendix F. The nearest stars; Appendix G. Stellar data; Appendix H. The Messier catalog; Appendix I. Constants, a programming module; Appendix J. Orbit, a planetary orbit code; Appendix K. TwoStars, a binary star code; Appendix L. StatStar, a stellar structure code; Appendix M. Galaxy, a tidal interaction code; Appendix N. WMAP Data; Suggested reading; Index.