Barstow, Martin A.

Extreme ultraviolet astronomy/ Martin A. Barstow, Jay B. Holberg. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xvii, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-386) and index.

1. Introduction to the Extreme Ultraviolet: first source discoveries
2. The first space observatories
3. Roentgen Satellit - first EUV sky survey
4. The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer and Alexis sky surveys
5. Spectroscopic instrumentation and analysis techniques
6. Spectroscopy of stellar sources
7. Structure and ionization of the local interstellar medium
8. Spectroscopy of white dwarfs
9. Cataclysmic variables and related objects
10. Extragalactic photometry and spectroscopy
11. EUV astronomy in the 21st century.

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Ultraviolet astronomy.

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