Chapter sections:
- 15.1 Observing the Cosmos Across Wavelengths
- 15.2 The Brightness of Stars
- 15.3 How Far Away are They?
- 15.4 Determining Stellar Masses in Binary Star Systems
- 15.5 The Harvard Stellar Classification Scheme
- 15.6 Calculating the Radii of Stars
- 15.7 The Universality of Physical Law Revisited
- 15.8 The Birth of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- 15.9 Finding Patterns and Asking Why
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Image: Observing the southern sky using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four unit telescopes of the Very
Large Telescope. [G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com), CC BY 4.0]