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Astronomy |
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{: .preface} Preface
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{: .chapter} Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
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{: .chapter} Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
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{: .chapter} Orbits and Gravity
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{: .chapter} Earth, Moon, and Sky
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{: .chapter} Radiation and Spectra
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{: .chapter} Astronomical Instruments
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{: .chapter} Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System
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{: .chapter} Earth as a Planet
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{: .chapter} Cratered Worlds
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{: .chapter} Earthlike Planets: Venus and Mars
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{: .chapter} The Giant Planets
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{: .chapter} Rings, Moons, and Pluto
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{: .chapter} Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
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{: .chapter} Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System
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{: .chapter} The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
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{: .chapter} The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
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{: .chapter} Analyzing Starlight
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{: .chapter} The Stars: A Celestial Census
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{: .chapter} Celestial Distances
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{: .chapter} Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space
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{: .chapter} The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System
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{: .chapter} Stars from Adolescence to Old Age
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{: .chapter} The Death of Stars
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{: .chapter} Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
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{: .chapter} The Milky Way Galaxy
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{: .chapter} Galaxies
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{: .chapter} Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes
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{: .chapter} The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
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{: .chapter} The Big Bang
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{: .chapter} Life in the Universe
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{: .appendix} How to Study for an Introductory Astronomy Class
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{: .appendix} Astronomy Websites, Images, and Apps
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{: .appendix} Scientific Notation
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{: .appendix} Units Used in Science
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{: .appendix} Some Useful Constants for Astronomy
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{: .appendix} Physical and Orbital Data for the Planets
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{: .appendix} Selected Moons of the Planets
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{: .appendix} Future Total Eclipses
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{: .appendix} The Nearest Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and White Dwarfs
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{: .appendix} The Brightest Twenty Stars
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{: .appendix} The Chemical Elements
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{: .appendix} The Constellations
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{: .appendix} Star Chart and Sky Event Resources