Planetary Nebulae: Proceedings of the 155th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Innsbruck, Austria, July 13–17, 1992 (International Astronomical Union Symposia, 155) - Softcover

 
9780792324409: Planetary Nebulae: Proceedings of the 155th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Innsbruck, Austria, July 13–17, 1992 (International Astronomical Union Symposia, 155)

Synopsis

Planetary nebulae are a keystone for the understanding of the evolution of stars, for deep insights into the physical processes prevailing in highly excited dilute nebulae, and for the chemical evolution in galaxies. These objects, displaying an intriguing morphology, have a `short' lifetime of a few tens of thousands of years, and have become one of the best studied classes of celestial sources. However, despite large and successful efforts from both the observational and theoretical side, planetary nebulae still keep some of their secrets (like the widely unknown distances) and will undoubtedly also be objects of thorough investigations in the years to come.

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Review

`... the editors have done a good job and I can wholeheartedly recommend this volume to both non-specialists and active researchers.'
Space Science Reviews, 75 (1996)

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