Blue Straggler Mystery
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Algol Systems
Asteroengineering
Author_Martin Beech
Binary Stars
Blue Stragglers
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Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Globular Clusters
Homogeneous Stars
HR Diagram
Mass Transfer
Open Clusters
Physics of Stars
Sagittarius A*
Star Collisions
Stellar Evolution
Stellar Mergers
Stellar Structure
Techno-Signatures
Product details
- ISBN 9789819820085
- Publication Date: 24 Nov 2025
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication City/Country: SG
- Product Form: Hardback
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Blue stragglers are celestial misfits. They stand out from the crowd, and they require special explanation. Remarkably, for so the observations indicate, they have aged differently to similar mass 'normal' stars. First recognized as being altogether different in the early 1950s, blue stragglers have occupied the thoughts of astronomers ever since. This book looks into the mystery of blue straggler origins, and offers its readers an insight in to how astronomers measure and determine the properties of stars in general. Indeed, the book will take the reader through the basic physics and geometry that is needed to understand the essential observations and theory of stars and star clusters.
