| Preface for the Student |
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| Preface for the Instructor |
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| Prologue: Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour |
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| 1. Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy |
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| 2. Orbits and Gravity |
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| 3. Earth, Moon, and Sky |
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| 4. Radiation and Spectra |
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| 5. Astronomical Instruments |
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| 6. The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star |
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| 7. The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse |
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| 8. Analyzing Starlight |
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| 9. The Stars: A Celestial Census |
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| 10. Celestial Distances |
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| 11. Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space |
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| 12. The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets Outside the Solar System |
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| 13. Stars: From Adolescence to Old Age |
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| 14. The Death of Stars |
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| 15. Black Holes and Curved Spacetime |
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| 16. The Milky Way Galaxy |
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| 17. Galaxies |
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| 18. Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Giant Black Holes |
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| Interlude: The Mystery of the Gamma-Ray Bursts |
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| 19. The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies |
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| 20. The Big Bang |
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| 21.Life in the Universe |
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| Appendices: 1. Astronomy on the World Wide Web |
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| 2. Sources of Astronomical Information |
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| 3. Glossary |
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| 4. Powers-of-Ten Notation |
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| 5. Units Used in Science |
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| 6. Some Useful Constants for Astronomy |
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| 7. Data for the Planets |
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| 8. Selected Satellites of the Planets |
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| 9. Upcoming (Total) Eclipses |
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| 10. The Nearest Stars |
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| 11. The Brightest Stars |
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| 12. The Brightest Members of the Local Group of Galaxies |
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| 13. The Chemical Elements |
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| 14. The Constellations |
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| 15. The Messier Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters |
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| Index |
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| Star Maps |
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