<i>Errata</i> - Handbook of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Errata - Handbook of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3rd edition, 2007

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. - Plutarch

All errors found in the book, including typographical errors, are listed. Substantive errors are marked by an asterisk, *.

Foreword: 2nd para., "radioactivity" should read "radiation".
Page 16: bottom of page, "http://pdg.lbl.gov/2002/astorpp.pdf" should read "http://pdg.lbl.gov/"
Page 27: table heading, "short list" should read "very short list".
Page 77: bottom of page, "The 150 Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue with Highest Apparent Magnitude," should read "See the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues."
Page 82: bottom of page, "The 150 Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue with Highest Apparent Magnitude, http://astro.estec.esa.nl/Hipparcos/table365-new.html" should read "See the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues."
Page 85: bottom of page, "The 150 Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue Closest to the Sun, http://astro.estec.esa.nl/Hipparcos/table361.html" should read "See the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues."
Page 86: bottom of page, "The 150 Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue with Largest Proper Motion, http://astro.estec.esa.nl/Hipparcos/table362.html" should read "See the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues."
Page 91: bottom of page, "http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/Volume4/2001-4will/, 2002" should read "http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/author.html".
Page 120: "Starlight 0.7 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2" should read "Starlight 0.7 x 10^-12 erg cm^-3".
Page 152: "Ussoeld" should read "Unsoeld".
Page 205: "(From Evans & Hagfors)" should read "(From Evans, J.V. and Hagfors, T., Radar Astronomy, New York, McGraw Hill, 1968)".
Page 209: "(From Thorsett, S.E. ЕЕЕ..)" should read "(Figure courtesy of D. Chakrabarty, MIT)".
Page 209: "Loves, F.J. et al., 1979, Ap, J. (Suppl.), 41, 451." should read "Recommended Rest Frequencies for Observed Interstellar Molecular Transitions, Lovas, F.J., et al., Ap. J. Suppl., 41, 451, 1979"
Page 237: "ApJS, 102" should read "Ap. J. Suppl., 102".
Page 268: 6th column in table, add "2-10 keV"
Page 269: "L_x" should read "L_x".
Page 287: "ApJS" should read "Ap. J. Suppl."
Page 313: "(Е.. in Physics Today, October 1974.)" should read (Е.. in Physics Today, October 1974, with permission)".
Page 314: "(Е.. in Physics Today, October 1974.)" should read (Е.. in Physics Today, October 1974, with permission)".
Page 315, "(From Physics Today, January 1998.)" should read (From Physics Today, January 1998, with permission)".
*Page 341: lower-right figure, upper label, "DENSITY (kg^-3)" should read "DENSITY (kg m^-3)"; last tick on right should read 10⁰".
Page 330: "(From Lean, J., ЕЕЕ.. Annual Reviews, Inc.)" should read (From Lean, J., ЕЕЕ.. Annual Reviews, Inc., with permission)".
Page 357: "Carroll, S.M., ЕЕЕЕ.. Astron. Astrophys., 1992." should read "Carroll, S.M., ЕЕЕЕ.. Astron. Astrophys., vol. 30, 1992".
Page 419: "(From Feldman, L.C. ЕЕЕЕЕЕ Inc., 1986.)" should read (From Feldman, L.C. ЕЕЕЕЕЕ Inc., 1986, with permission.)".
Page 495: "(1 atmos.; 760 Torr)" should read "(1 atmos.: 760 Torr)".
Page 505: In the table heading, "Thomsom" should read "Thomson" and "Lorel" should read "Loral".
Page 532: "Matter and Methods at Law ЕЕЕ. 1996." should read "Matter and Methods at Low ЕЕЕ. 1996."
Page 532: "Measurement and detection of Radiation".....)" should read "Measurement and Detection of Radiation".....)"
Page 532: "Scientific Foundations of Vacuum Techniques, Dushnivi, S., ЕЕ" should be "Scientific Foundations of Vacuum Techniques, Dushman, S., ЕЕ"
Page 532: "Techniques for Nuclear antiparticle Physics Experiments, Е.." "Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Е.."
Page 532: "Vacuum Technology and Space Simulation, NASA SP- 1 05, Е" should read "Vacuum Technology and Space Simulation, NASA SP-105, Е"
Page 532: "X-ray Interactions ..... Guilikson ....." should read "X-ray Interactions ЕЕЕ Gullikson Е.."
Page 649: "mkdir" should read "mkdir directoryname"
Page 649: "rmdir" should read "rmdir directoryname"
Page 656: 2nd table, "set C is contained with set E as a subclass" should read "set C is contained within set E as a subclass".
Page 683, "The Friedmann-Lamaitre....." should read "The Friedmann-Lemaitre.....".
Page 683: "Freeman" should read "Freedman"; all superscripts in "Description" column should be removed.
Page 685: "Freeman" in two instances should read "Freedman".
Page 714: "**List of ground-based- and" should read "*List of ground-based and".
Page 741: 1st para., "_secsh" should read "secsh".
Page 744: 1st para., "rsh" should read "rsh".
Page 745: 6th para., "On-The-Go-Supplement" should read "On-The-Go-Supplement".
Page 756, "Cosmology, 450-465" should read "Cosmology, 350-366".
Page 762, "Е standard system, 139" should read "Е standard system, 139, 224".

Last revised - 4 April 2009

mvz@alum.mit.edu