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Planetary Nebulae
. Ed(S): Weinberger, R.; Acker, A.
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Description for Planetary Nebulae
Paperback. Proceedings of the 155th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Innsbruck, Austria, July 13--17, 1992 Editor(s): Weinberger, R.; Acker, A. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 604 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894.
Planetary nebulae are a keystone for the understanding of the evolution of stars, for deep insights into the physical processes prevailing in highly excited dilute nebulae, and for the chemical evolution in galaxies. These objects, displaying an intriguing morphology, have a `short' lifetime of a few tens of thousands of years, and have become one of the best studied classes of celestial sources. However, despite large and successful efforts from both the observational and theoretical side, planetary nebulae still keep some of their secrets (like the widely unknown distances) and will ... Read more
Planetary nebulae are a keystone for the understanding of the evolution of stars, for deep insights into the physical processes prevailing in highly excited dilute nebulae, and for the chemical evolution in galaxies. These objects, displaying an intriguing morphology, have a `short' lifetime of a few tens of thousands of years, and have become one of the best studied classes of celestial sources. However, despite large and successful efforts from both the observational and theoretical side, planetary nebulae still keep some of their secrets (like the widely unknown distances) and will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
Series
International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed)
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792324409
SKU
V9780792324409
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Reviews for Planetary Nebulae
`... the editors have done a good job and I can wholeheartedly recommend this volume to both non-specialists and active researchers.' Space Science Reviews, 75 (1996)