Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Important Note on Terminology and Units xv
5. Chapter 1. The History and Philosophy of Stellar Spectral Classification 1
6. Chapter 2. An Overview of the Normal Stars 32
7. Chapter 3. The OB Stars—Nolan R. Walborn 66
8. Chapter 4. The B-type Stars 115
9. Chapter 5. The A-type Stars 160
10. Chapter 6. The F-type Stars 221
11. Chapter 7. The G- and K-type Stars 259
12. Chapter 8. The M-type, S-type, and Carbon Stars 293
13. Chapter 9. M Dwarfs and L Dwarfs—J. Davy Kirkpatrick 339
14. Chapter 10. The T-type Dwarfs—Adam J. Burgasser 388
15. Chapter 11. Wolf–Rayet Stars and the Luminous Blue Variables 441
16. Chapter 12. Endpoints of Stellar Evolution 472
17. Chapter 13. Further Techniques 507
18. Glossary 541
19. Appendix A: MK Standard Stars 555
20. Appendix B: Calibrations of the MK System 565
21. Appendix C: The Book Website 571
22. General Index 573
23. Object Index 585