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Name and Subject Index<br />

A<br />

aberration 23<br />

– annual 40<br />

– chromatic see chromatic aberration<br />

–diurnal 24<br />

aberration constant 24<br />

absolute magnitude 152<br />

absorption 48, 95, 96, 308<br />

– atmospheric 47<br />

– interstellar 88, 89<br />

absorption efficiency factor 309<br />

absorption line 96, 207<br />

abundance<br />

– helium 397<br />

accretion 288, 301<br />

achromatic lens 52<br />

active galactic nucleus 384<br />

– type 2 388<br />

active optics 58<br />

Adams, John C. 183<br />

adaptive optics 58<br />

adiabatic equation of state 231<br />

adiabatic exponent 231<br />

AGN see active galactic nucleus<br />

air mass 90<br />

airglow 168<br />

albedo 149<br />

– Bond 150, 153, 155<br />

– geometric 150, 153<br />

– of interstellar grains 317<br />

Aldebaran 30, 210, 339<br />

Alfvén, Hannes 334<br />

Algol 254<br />

Algol paradox 254<br />

Algol stars 224, 225<br />

ALH 84001 422, 423<br />

Almagest 30<br />

alpha reactions 236<br />

altitude 16, 25<br />

Altman, Sidney 419<br />

Am star 214<br />

Ambartsumyan, Viktor 339<br />

amino acid 416, 419<br />

ammonia 328<br />

Andromeda Galaxy 9<br />

angle 432<br />

ångström unit 209<br />

angular diameter–redshift test 403<br />

angular momentum 118<br />

– of a planet 114<br />

– of a contracting cloud 260<br />

– of electron 97, 100, 101<br />

angular momentum quantum number<br />

100<br />

angular velocity<br />

– of orbital motion 118<br />

annual parallax 23<br />

anomalistic month 136<br />

anomalistic year 134<br />

anomalous X-ray pulsars 295<br />

anomaly 116<br />

– eccentric 121<br />

– mean 122<br />

– true 122<br />

antapex 349<br />

Antares 313, 314<br />

antenna 69<br />

– dipole 70<br />

– parabolic 70<br />

antimatter 405<br />

aperture 50<br />

aperture ratio 50<br />

aperture synthesis 74<br />

apex 349, 350<br />

aphelion 119<br />

Aphrodite Terra 160<br />

Apollo 11 165<br />

Apollo-Amor asteroids 189<br />

apparent motions 133<br />

apparent place 25, 40<br />

Ap star 214<br />

Aquila 348<br />

Arctic Circle 134<br />

Arcturus 321<br />

Argelander, F.W.A. 30, 32<br />

argument of perihelion 117<br />

Ariel 184<br />

Aries 17<br />

Arp, Halton 387<br />

Arrhenius, Svante 422<br />

association 329, 339<br />

– OB 339, 353<br />

– T Tauri 339<br />

asteroids 131, 186, 188, 452<br />

– collision 189<br />

– composition 191<br />

– distances 188<br />

– formation 188<br />

– magnitude 153<br />

– mass 188<br />

– number of 188<br />

– orbits 188<br />

– rotation 188<br />

– shape 140<br />

– size 188<br />

asthenosphere 162<br />

astrograph 52<br />

astrometry<br />

– absolute 25<br />

– relative 25<br />

Astronomical Almanac 33, 36, 37<br />

astronomical unit 23, 27, 119, 131,<br />

140, 446<br />

astrophysics 7<br />

asymptotic branch 216, 250, 343<br />

Atlas 181<br />

Atlas Coelestis 30<br />

atmosphere<br />

– planetary 109<br />

– solar 266<br />

– stellar 109, 209, 216, 218<br />

atom 95<br />

– nucleus 234<br />

atomic mass unit (amu) 446<br />

atomic number 234<br />

atomic weight 234<br />

AU see astronomical unit<br />

aurora 148, 164, 168, 275<br />

autumnal equinox 21, 134<br />

azimuth 17<br />

477

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