Tokyo Imperial University, 17–19, 21, 23,
26–30, 37, 45, 47–49, 54, 59, 60, 64, 68,
72, 122, 125, 130, 138
Tokyo University of Science, 169
Trigonometric logarithm, 8
Trigonometry, 8, 75
Tsuki (The Moon), 41
Tycho Brahe’s system, 113
U
Ultraviolet-excess galaxies, 143
Urca process, 176, 178
V
Variable stars, 34, 35, 38, 40, 72, 81–90, 142,
183–192, 197
cataclysmic variables, 183, 188, 189
cepheid variable, 33, 34, 86, 96, 183, 265,
269
long-period variable, 22, 35, 38, 86, 89, 90
novae, 71, 72, 81–84, 92, 146, 183,
188–190, 233, 236, 259
Velocity ellipsoid, 67–68
Von Zeipel’s law, 200
VSNET, 183
W
Western civilization, 2
Western cosmology, vi, 1, 6–12, 111, 113
White dwarfs, 51, 57, 58, 90, 91, 99, 101, 102,
181, 189, 190, 205–206
Wolf-Rayet star (WR), 92, 103, 222
X
X-ray astronomy, 166–169
X-ray binaries, 170, 207, 226
High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXRB), 170
Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXRB), 170,
226
X-ray pulsars, 207
X-ray radiation, 228
X-ray spectrum, 207, 217, 218, 226
Y
Yume no Shiro 夢の代, 9, 10
Yun dynasty, 3, 75
Z
Zeeman effect, 28, 235
Zeeman line profile, 153
Zhou Bi, 109
Zhou Bi Suan Jing 周脾算経, 109, 110
Zhou Dynasty, 109, 111
Zhu Xi school 朱子学, 113
Zodiacal light, 33
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