Stellar astronomy

The stellar is the branch of astronomy that deals with the issues to be fixed stars (distant suns) refer. Up to the 19th century the focus was on geometric and statistical methods, today mainly in astrophysics .

Topics of stellar astronomy include a.

• the determination of the star locations , the distance and the proper movement of fixed stars (parts of astrometry )
• their movement in the system of the Milky Way and the determination of the orbit of binary stars (subject areas of celestial mechanics and stellar statistics )
• the inner star structure and energy production, the formation of stars and their development (sub-areas of astrophysics ).

In the past, research into nebulae (gas nebulae, galaxies ) and star clusters was also included in stellar astronomy.

literature

• Jeffrey Bennett, Megan Donahue et al .: Astronomy. The cosmic perspective (Ed. Harald Lesch ), Chapters 15 to 18 (pp. 728-860), 5th, updated edition, Pearson Studium Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8273-7360-1
• George W. Collins, II: The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics (online book)
• Arnold Hanslmeier : Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics. Spektrum Akad. Verl., Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8274-1846-3