Optical Astronomical Spectroscopy Book

	Preface
1	Introduction to Spectroscopy	1
2	The Physics of Atoms and Molecules	14
3	Atomic Energy Levels	28
4	Transitions	46
5	Spectra of Molecules	68
6	Radiation in the Presence of Fields	91
7	Spectroscopy of Solid Materials	110
8	Optical Spectroscopes	119
9	Specialized Optical Spectroscopic Techniques for Astronomy	156
10	Examples of Optical Spectroscopes	168
11	Spectral Classification	189
12	Radial Velocities	202
13	Spectrophotometry	212
14	Stars	227
15	Planets and other Minor Bodies of the Solar System	238
16	Nebulae and the Interstellar Medium	242
17	Extra-Galactic Objects	248
	App. A Conversion Formulae	253
	App. B Term Formation of Equivalent Electrons	254
	App. C Bibliography	256
	App. D Constants	261
	Index	262