LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS QB CLASSIFICATION
Updated through 2006: list 51, Dec. 20
of
LC Classification Additions & Changes
Prepared by
Space Telescope
Science Institute
library@stsci.edu
1
Periodicals, societies, congresses, serial
publications
Museums.
Exhibitions
2.A1 General works
2.A2-Z By region or country, A-Z
Subarrange
each country by Table Q5
3
Collected works (nonserial)
Observations
Including serial collections
issued by individual
observatories. For annual reports, see QB82.A+
4.A-Z By name of issuing observatory, A-Z
4.9.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
6
Star catalogs
Including
zone observations, etc.
For catalogs of double stars,
multiple stars,
binary
systems see QB821
For catalogs of variable stars
see QB835
Ephemerides
For ephemerides
of individual planets, see
QB611,
QB621, etc.
For ephemerides
of planets collectively see
QB603.E6
7
Early through 1800
1801-
8.A-Z Nautical and air (or aeronautical)
almanacs.
By country, A-Z
9
Other yearbooks
General tables
11
Early through 1800
12
1801-
14
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Communication in astronomy
14.2
General works
14.25
Information services
14.3
Computer network resources
Including the Internet
14.5
Philosophy
History
15
General works
Ancient
16
General works
Cf. CE21+ Ancient chronology
GN799.A8, Astronomy
(Prehistoric archaeology)
17
Chinese
18
Hindu
19
Assyro-Babylonian, etc.
Jewish, see QB34
20
Egyptian
21
Greek
22
Roman
22.2
Celtic
Medieval
Including Arabic astronomy
23
General works
Astrology
25 History
Cf. BF1671, Occult sciences
26 Medieval works
Cf. BF1680+, Occult
sciences
Modern astrology, see BF1651+
Modern
28
General works
29
Renaissance through 1700
31 18th century
32
19th-20th centuries
33.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
34
Jewish astronomy
Maori astronomy, see DU423.A85
34.5
Women in astronomy. Women
astronomers
Biography
35
Collective
36.A-Z Individual, A-Z
e.g.
36.B8 Brahe
36.C8 Copernicus
36.G2 Galileo
40
Directories
41
Early works through 1700
Cf. GA6, Cosmography
Cf. VK551, Navigation (Early
works)
General works, treatises, and
advanced textbooks
Cf. QB500, Descriptive
astronomy
42
1701-1800
43
1801-1969
43.2
1970-2000
43.3
2001-
Popular works
44
Through 1969
44.2
1970-2000
44.3
2001-
Elementary textbooks
45
To 2000
45.2
2001-
46
Juvenile works
Cf. QB63, Stargazers' guides
47
Special aspects of the subject as a whole
51
Addresses, essays, lectures
51.3.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
51.3.E43 Electronic data processing
51.3.I45 Imaging systems
51.3.L53 Light pollution
Statistical methods,
see QB149
51.5
Astronomy as a profession. Vocational guidance
52
Miscellany and curiosa
54
Extraterrestrial life
Cf. CB156, Terrestrial evidence of
interplanetary
voyages
(55) Astronomical myths, legends, and
superstitions
see
GR625
Study and teaching. Research
61
General works
62
Outlines, syllabi
62.5
Problems, exercises, examinations
62.7
Laboratory manuals
63
Stargazers' guides
64
Observers' handbooks
Cf. TL796.8, Artificial
satellites
65
Atlases and charts
66 Astronomical globes
Cf. GA12, Manual for globes
67
Miscellaneous models
68
Pictorial works and atlases
Planetariums
Including orreries
70
General works
71.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
Under each country:
.x General works
.x2A-.x2Z
Individual planetariums. By city,
A-Z
Observatories
Cf. QB479.A2+ Radio
observatories
Cf. QB500.267+ Orbiting
astronomical observatories
81
General works
82.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
Under each country:
.x General works
.x2A-.x2Z
Individual observatories. By
place, A-Z
Including description,
history,
annual
reports, individual
named
telescopes, etc.
84
Observatory buildings
Including domes, piers, rising
floors, chairs
Astronomical instruments
Including description, theory,
adjustment
84.5
Periodicals, societies, congresses, serial publications
Biography of instrument makers
84.7
Collective
84.75.A-Z Individual, A-Z
85
Early. Astrolabes,
etc.
Including descriptions of
early observatories
Modern
85.8
History
86
General works, treatises, and textbooks
86.4
Catalogs
Telescopes. Objectives, Mirrors
Including homemade
telescopes, optics,
accessories
For individual named telescopes in observatories
see
QB82.A+
Cf. QB479.2, Radio telescopes
Cf. QB500.268, Hubble Space
Telescope
88
General works
90
Large astronomical telescopes
97
Equatorial mountings. Driving clocks.
Siderostats. Heliostats. Coelostats
101 Meridian instruments
Including transit circle,
zenith telescope,
visual
and photographic
103 Extra-meridian instruments
Including altazimuth,
almucantar, transit
out
of meridian, vertical circle
105 Portable instruments
Including transit, solar
compass
Cf. VK583, Sextant
107 Clocks. Chronometers. Chronographs
For use of chronographs in
ballistics,
see
UF830.C4
111 Eyepieces
113 Micrometers
115 Levels. Artificial horizons. Illumination,
etc.
117 Optical interferometers
Astronomical photography
121 General works
121.5 Equipment and supplies
125 Television in astronomy
126 Video astronomy
Electronics in astronomy
127 General works
Equipment and supplies
127.2 General works
127.4 Charge coupled devices
135 Astronomical photometry
Astronomical spectroscopy see QB465
134.5 Aeronautics in astronomy
Including
balloons, etc.
136 Space astronomy
Including astronautics in
astronomy
139 Telegraphic codes for transmission of
astronomical data
Practical and spherical astronomy
Cf. QB66, Use of globes
Cf. VK551+ Nautical astronomy
140 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial publications
143 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
144 Early works through 1800
145 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
147 Celestial sphere and coordinates
149 Statistical astronomy
Correction and reduction of
observations
151 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
153 Personal equation
Including apparatus for its
determination
154 Errors of adjustment, etc.
Reduction to center of earth
Refraction
155 Theory and determination of
constant
156 Tables
159 Parallax
Correction for movement of earth
and equinoxes
Including determination of
constants by observation
161 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
163 Aberration
Cf. QC671, Electromagnetic
theory
165 Precession and nutation
167 Annual parallax
168 Star reduction (from mean to apparent
place)
169 Position of the pole
171 Determination of the ecliptic
Prediction of eclipses, occultations and transits
175 General works
185 Miscellaneous phenomena at occultations and transits
Geodetic astronomy
Including determination of geographical positions
201 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
Observations
Cf. QB296.A1+ Observations
(Geodesy)
205.A1
Periodicals, societies, congresses, serial
publications
205.A2 General
works, treatises, and textbooks
205.A3-Z By
region or country, A-Z
e.g.
205.M6 General works
205.M7A-.M7Z Local, A-Z
205.U4-.U5 General works
205.U6A-.U6Z By region or state, A-Z
205.U7A-.U7Z By city, A-Z
207 Azimuth. Determination of meridian
Time
For historical chronology,
calendar, etc., see CE1+
Cf. BD638, Cosmology
BF468, Psychology
GN476.3, Anthropology
QC173.59.T5, Time
dilatation
209 General works
209.5 Juvenile works
Time service
210.A1 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
210.A3-Z By region or country, A-Z
211 Sidereal and solar, and their
conversion
213 Methods of finding the time
214 Instruments for measuring the time
Including hourglasses
Cf. TS540+ Watches and clocks
215 Sundials and dialing
216
217 Equation of time
221 Time signals, etc.
223 Systems and standards
224 Prime meridians
Longitude and latitude
224.5 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
224.7.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
Longitude
225 Methods of determination
228 Tables and ephemerides
Observations
229 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
229.5.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
Latitude
231 Methods of determination
233 Tables and ephemerides
Observations
235 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
235.5.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
237 Variation of latitude
Geodesy
275 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
279 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
280 Collected works (nonserial)
280.5 History
281 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
281.5 Geodesy as a profession. Vocational
guidance
283 Mathematical theory of the figure of
the earth
Cf. QA827, Attractions of
ellipsoids
Cf. QB331, Isostasy
Cf. QB410, Rotating masses of
fluids
285 Popular works
286 Juvenile works
287 Addresses, essays, lectures
291 Special arc measures
Observations
296.A1 General works, treatises, and textbooks
296.A3-Z By region or country, A-Z
297 Data processing
Biography
297.9 Collective
298.A-Z Individual, A-Z
e.g.
298.H4 Hassler
298.R8 Rylke
Study and teaching. Research
299 General works
299.5.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
Geodetic surveying
Cf. TA501+ Plane surveying
Cf. VK588+ Hydrographic
surveying
301 General works
303 Base measuring
Including apparatus
Cf. QC101, Standards of length
311 Triangulation
Cf. TA583, Plane surveying
321 Theory and computation. Tables, etc.
Cf. QA275, Least squares
325 Traverse surveying
Cf. TA585, Plane surveying
Instruments
Cf. TA562+ Surveying
instruments,
methods, etc.
328.A1 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
328.A2-Z Special, A-Z
328.G4 Geodimeter
328.P7 Prismatic astrolabe
328.T4 Tellurometer
Gravity determinations
330 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
331 Theory and description of
apparatus. Isostasy
Cf. QA862.P4, Dynamics of pendulum
Observations
Including length of seconds,
pendulum, etc.
334 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
335.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
336 Data processing
Gravity anomalies
337 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
337.5.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
338 Plumbline
deflections
339 Disturbances
Including lunar, solar, earth
movements
341 Constant of gravitation. Mean density of the earth
343 Satellite geodesy. Artificial satellites in geodesy
Cf. TL798.G4, Geodetic
satellites
Theoretical astronomy and celestial
mechanics
Cf. TL1050+ Astrodynamics
349 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
350 Collected works (nonserial)
350.5 History
351 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
353 Addresses, essays, lectures
Calculation of orbits
For orbits of individual planets, see
QB371+
For planetary orbits in general,
see QB603.M6
355 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
355.3 Kepler's
laws
355.5 Kepler's
equation
357 Comets (General)
For orbits of individual
comets, see QB723.A+
Perturbations
Planetary theory
361 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
361.9 Special aspects of the subject as a
whole
362.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
362.F47 Few-body problems
362.M3 Many body problem
362.T5 Three body problem
362.T9 Two body problem
369 Tables and observations
Individual planets
Including tables and orbits
371 Mercury
372 Venus
374 Sun's apparent motion
376 Mars
Asteroids. Minor planets
377 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
Individual
378.A-Z By name, A-Z
379 By number, if unnamed
384 Jupiter and Saturn
387 Uranus
388
389 Ultra-Neptunian planets
Lunar theory
391 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
391.9 Special aspects of the subject as a
whole
392.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
392.C3 Capture of the moon by the earth
392.I5 Inequalities of the moon's motion
392.O3 Occultations
of stars
397 Observations
399 Tables, charts, diagrams, etc.
Satellites
Including individual planetary
satellites
Cf. QB603.R55, Planetary rings
Cf. TL796+ Artificial
satellites
401 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
401.5 Juvenile works
403 Satellites of Mars
404 Satellites of Jupiter
405 Satellites and ring system of
Saturn
406 Satellites
407 Satellites and ring system of
408
Satellites of Pluto
410 Figures of equilibrium of rotating
masses of fluid
Theory of tides
Cf. GC300+ Oceanography
Cf. QC809.E2, Earth tides
Cf. VK600+ Tidetables
414 Early works through 1800
General works, treatises, and
textbooks
415 1801-1969
415.2 1970-
416 Special aspects of the subject as a
whole
418 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
419 Miscellany and curiosa
Instruments, see GC306
421 Theory of double star systems
Cosmochemistry
450 General works
450.5 Cosmic abundances
Astrogeology
Cf. QB592, Lunar geology
Cf. QB603.G46, Planetary geology
Biography
454 Collective
454.2.A-Z Individual, A-Z
455 General works
455.2 Astromineralogy
455.5 Extraterrestrial seismology
456 Multiring
basins
Astrophysics (General)
460 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
460.15 Collected works (nonserial)
Biography
460.7 Collective
460.72.A-Z Individual, A-Z
461 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
461.3 Popular works
461.5 Addresses, essays, lectures
462.2 Data processing
462.3 Mathematics
462.5 Radio astrophysics
462.6 Molecular astrophysics
462.65 Relativistic astrophysics
Plasma astrophysics
462.7 General works
462.72 Double layers
462.8 Cosmic magnetic fields
Nuclear astrophysics
463 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
463.15 Collected works (nonserial)
464 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
464.15 Particle acceleration
464.2 Neutrino astrophysics
465 Astronomical spectroscopy
Cf. QB551, Spectroscopy of sun
and eclipses
Cf. QB870+ Stellar spectroscopy
466.A-Z Other special topics, A-Z
466.A25 Accretion
466.C45 Chaotic behavior in systems
466.C64 Collisions
466.C66 Controlled fusion
466.C67 Cosmochronology
466.D58 Disks
466.E65 Equations of state
466.F58 Fluid dynamics
466.G38 Gas dynamics
466.J46 Jets
466.M37 Mass loss
466.P67 Positronium
Non-optical methods of astronomy
468 General works
Infrared astronomy
470.A1 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
470.A5-Z General works, treatises, and textbooks
Gamma-ray astronomy
471.A1 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
471.A5-Z General works, treatises, and textbooks
471.7.A5-Z Special topics, A-Z
471.B85 Bursts
X-ray astronomy
472.A1 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
472.A5-Z General works, treatises, and textbooks
472.5 Juvenile works
473 Addresses, essays, lectures
474 Ultraviolet astronomy
Radio astronomy
Cf. QB860, Quasars
475.A1 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
475.A15 Collected works (nonserial)
475.A2 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
History
475.A25 General works
475.A28A-.A28Z
By region or country, A-Z
476.5 General works, treatises, and textbooks
477 Popular works
478 Juvenile works
478.5 Addresses, essays, lectures
Observatories
479.A2 General works
479.A5-Z By region or country, A-Z
Under each country:
.x General works
.x2A-x2Z Individual observatories. By name, A-Z
479.2 Radio telescopes
479.3 Radio interferometers
479.4 Millimeter astronomy
Radio sources
479.5 General works
479.55.A-Z Individual radio sources or types of radio
sources, A-Z
479.55.C93 Cygnus A
479.55.H68 Hot spots
479.55.M18 M87 (Galaxy)
479.55.R34 Radio galaxies
479.55.S88 Superluminal
480 Radar in astronomy
Descriptive astronomy
Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications see QB1
General works, treatises, and
textbooks see QB42+
Universe. Space.
Space sciences
Cf. QB980+, Cosmology
Cf. TL787+, Astronautics. Space travel
495 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publication
496 Collected works
497 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
497.2 Communication in space sciences
History
498 General works
498.2.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
500 General works, treatises, and
advanced textbooks
500.22 Juvenile works
500.24 Addresses, essays, lectures
500.25 Special aspects of the subject as a
whole
500.26.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
500.26.D38 Data processing
500.26.I58 International cooperation
500.26.S67 Space optics
Study and teaching. Research
Including exploration of
outer space
500.262 General works
500.264 Experiments
500.266.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
Orbiting astronomical
observatories
500.267 General works
500.268 Hubble Space Telescope
500.269 Next Generation Space Telescope [James
Webb Space Telescope]
500.28 Northern sky
500.3 Southern sky
Solar system
500.5 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
501 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
501.2 Popular works
501.3 Juvenile works
501.5 Study and teaching. Research
502 Miscellany and curiosa
503 Age of solar system. Origin of solar system
505 Physical conditions
Including atmospheres,
resisting medium, etc.
507 Proper motion in space
Solar parallax and related
constants
508 General works
Transit of Venus
509 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
511 1761 and 1769 transits
512 1874 transit
513 1882 transit
513.2 2004 transit
515 Transit of Mercury
516 Observations of Mars and asteroids
518 Other methods
Sun
520 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
publications
521 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
521.4 Popular works
521.5 Juvenile works
521.6 Addresses, essays, lectures
522 Tables, etc.
Cf. QB374, Perturbations
523 Mass, diameter, rotation, etc.
Solar activity
524 General works
525 Sunspots
Cf. BF1729.S92, Astrology
526.A-Z Other special topics, A-Z
526.A37 Active regions
526.C9 Cycles
Energetic particles
see QB526.S65
526.F3
Faculae
526.F6 Flares
526.F64 Flocculi. Plages
Plages,
see QB526.F64
526.P7
Prominences
526.S65 Solar
energetic particles
528 Atmosphere, chromosphere
529 General works
529.5 Coronal holes
529.6 Corotating
interaction regions
531 Radiation, temperature, etc.
Cf. QC910.2+ Solar radiation in
meteorology
539.A-Z Other special topics, A-Z
539.C6 Composition
539.E4 Electric field
539.E8 Evolution
539.G7 Granulation
Helioseismology,
see QB539.I5
539.I5 Interior
Including helioseismology
539.M23 Magnetic field
539.N6 Noise storms
539.N8 Nuclear reactions
539.O83 Oscillations
539.P58 Polarimetry
539.R3 Radio effects
Seismology, see QB539.I5
539.S5 Size
539.S65 Solar neutrinos
539.S655 Solar x-rays
539.T4 Terrestrial-solar relations
540 Miscellany and curiosa
Solar eclipses
Including works on solar and
lunar eclipses
combined
Cf. BL325.E35, Eclipses
(Mythology)
541 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
541.5 Juvenile works
542 Through 1799
Class here works on
individual solar eclipses
occurring through 1799
as well as works
discussing collectively
eclipses in that
time period
1800-
542.5 Collective
Individual
543 1800-1899
Complete by appending
a decimal point and
the last two digits
of the year of the
eclipse to QB543 followed by
author
number and date of
publication, e. g.
QB543.98.I53 1899,
Indian eclipse,
1898: report of the
expeditions, c1899
544 1900-1999
Complete by appending
a decimal point and
the last two digits
of the year of the
eclipse to QB544
followed by author
number and date of
publication, e. g.
QB544.91.R36 1989, Rao, Joe. Your guide
to the great solar
eclipse of 1991,
c1989
545 2000-2099
Complete by appending
a decimal point and
the last two digits
of the year of the
eclipse to QB545
followed by author
number and date of
publication
551 Spectroscopy of sun and eclipses
579 Lunar eclipses
Moon
580 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
publications
581 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
581.9 Popular works
582 Juvenile works
582.3 Study and teaching. Research
582.5 Exploration
Cf. TL799.M6 Space flight
to the moon
583 Distance, parallax
585 Rotation, libration, and shape
588 Temperature, radiation,
brightness, phases
591 Surface, physical condition,
meteorology
592 Lunar geology. Lunar petrology
Cf. TN291.35, Lunar mining
595 Photographs, maps, drawings
Planets, Planetology
Cf. QB54, Extraterrestrial
life
Cf. QB401+ Satellites
Cf. QB500.5+ Solar system
Cf. QB820, Extrasolar planets
Cf. TL799.A+ Flights to
special planets
600 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
600.2 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Communication of planetological information
600.3 General works
600.32 Information services
600.33
Geographic information systems
600.34
Computer network resources
Including the Internet
600.35 Planetological
literature
600.5 Nomenclature, terminology, names
601 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
601.9 Popular works
602 Juvenile works
602.9 Special aspects of the subject as a
whole
602.95 Data processing
603.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
603.A85 Atmospheres
Including meteorology
603.C6 Composition
603.C7 Cratering
603.E6 Ephemerides
603.F5 Figures
603.G46 Geology
Cf. TN291.3+ Space mining
603.I52 Infrared radiation
603.I53 Internal structure
603.I55 Interplanetary medium
Including interplanetary
dust
603.I57 Ionospheres
603.M26 Magnetic fields
603.M3 Mass
Meteorology, see QB603.A45
603.M6 Motion
Including orbits
For orbits of individual
planets, see
QB371+
603.O74 Origin
603.R3 Radiation
603.R55 Rings
Cf. QB405 Ring system of
Saturn
Cf. QB407 Ring system of
603.S6 Spectroscopy
603.S95 Surfaces
603.V65 Volcanism
604 Tables, etc.
605 Photographs, maps, drawings
605.2 Miscellany and curiosa
Inferior planets
606 General works
607 Intramercurial
planets
(Revision of QB611-QB621)
Mercury
611 General works
613.A-Z
Special topics, A-Z
613.G46
Geology
Transit of Mercury see QB515
Venus
621 General works
623.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
623.A86
Atmosphere
623.G46
Geology
623.M48
Meteorology
Transit of Venus see
QB509+
Earth as a planet. Astronomical geography
Cf. QE500+ Geology
623.V65
Volcanism. Volcanoes
623.W56
Winds
630 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
collections
631 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
631.2 Popular works
631.4 Juvenile works
632 Origin
633 Rotation
637 Photographs from space
Seasons
Cf. GR930, Folklore
637.2 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
637.4 Juvenile literature
637.5 Spring
637.6 Summer
637.7 Autumn
637.8 Winter
638 Miscellany and curiosa
638.8 End of the world
Superior planets
Including other objects beyond Earth
For their satellites, see
QB403+
639 General works
Mars
641 General works
643.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
643.A86
Atmosphere
643.C55
Climate
643.D87
Dust storms
643.G46
Geology
643.G73
Gravity
643.M48
Meteorology
Satellites see QB403
643.S42
Seasons
643.V65
Volcanism. Volcanoes
643.W38
Water
643.W56 Wind erosion
Asteroids
651 General works
653.A-Z Individual asteroids, A-Z
(Revision of QB661-QB701)
Jupiter
661 General works
663.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
663.A86
Atmosphere
Satellites see QB404
Saturn
671 General works
673.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
Ring system see QB405
Satellites see QB405
Uranus
681 General works
683.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
Satellites see QB406
691 General works
693.A-Z
Special topics, A-Z
Ring system see QB407
Satellites see QB407
695 Kuiper
Belt
Pluto
701
General works
703.A-Z
Special topics, A-Z
Satellites see QB408
Comets
Cf. QB357, Calculation of
orbits
717 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
publications
721 General works, treatises, and textbooks
721.4 Popular works
721.5 Juvenile works
721.6 Addresses, essays, lectures
722 Catalogs
723.A-Z Periodic comets. By name, A-Z
723.A7 Arrest's comet
723.B5 Biela's
comet
723.B7 Brooks' comet
723.B8 Brorsen's
comet (I)
723.C6 Comas Sola's
comet
723.D45 Delavan's comet
723.D5 Denning's comet
723.E3 Encke's
comet
723.F2 Faye's comet
723.G43 Geddes' comet
723.H17 Hale-Bopp comet
723.H2 Halley's comet
723.H7 Holmes' comet
723.L6 Lexell's
comet
723.M67 Morehouse's
comet
723.S56 Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet
723.T3 Tempel's
comet
723.T8 Tuttle's comet
723.V35 Van Biesbroeck's
comet
724 Comets before 1700
725 1700-1799
Complete by appending a
decimal point and
the last two digits of
the year of the
eclipse to QB725
followed by author
number and date of
publication
726 1800-1899
Complete by appending a decimal point and
the last two digits of
the year of the
eclipse to QB726
followed by author
number and date of
publication, e.g.
QB726.61.K8, Kreutz, Heinrich,
Untersuchungen uber die Bahn des
grossen Kometen
von 1861
727 1900-1999
Complete by appending a
decimal point and
the last two digits of
the year of the
eclipse to QB727
followed by author
number and date of
publication
729 Distribution of comets
731 Nature and constitution (before
the spectroscope)
732 Nature and constitution (modern
views)
738 Meteoroids
Meteors
740 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
publications
741 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
741.5 Juvenile works
743 Methods of observation and
geometrical topics
Including radiants, altitude, etc.
Periodic showers
745 November
746 August
748 Orbits
748.2 Streams
Relation between meteors and
comets
749 General works
751 Other theories of the origin
of meteors
753 Remarkable meteors, fireballs
Meteorites
Including craters
Cf. QE399, Tektites
754.8 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
publications
755 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
755.2 Juvenile literature
755.3 Addresses, essays, lectures
755.5.A-Z By region or country, A-Z
756.A-Z Individual meteorites and craters,
A-Z
756.A44 Allende
meteorite
756.C45 Chinguetti
756.K87 Kurinelli meteorite
756.M4 Meteor Crater (
756.O74 Orgueil meteorite
756.P67
Port Orford meteorite
756.S5
Sikhote-Alin meteorite
756.T58 Thuathe meteorite
756.T8
Tunguska meteorite
756.V74
Vredefort Dome (South Africa)
Meteorite types or classes
Iron meteorites. Siderites
757 General works, treatises,
and textbooks
757.5.A-Z Special, A-Z
757.5.A73 Ataxites
757.5.H49 Hexahedrites
757.5.O37 Octahedrites
Stony meteorites. Aerolites
758 General works, treatises,
and textbooks
758.5.A-Z Special, A-Z
758.5.A47 Achondrites
758.8.C46 Chondrites
759 Stony-iron meteorites. Siderolites.
Intermediates
761 Zodiacal light. Counterglow. Gegenschein
Spectroscopy of moon, planets,
comets, etc.
770 Moon
775 Planets
780 Comets
785 Meteors
Interstellar matter
790 General works
791 Cosmic dust
791.2 Cosmic grains
791.3 Dark matter
791.35 Missing mass
791.4 Molecular clouds
791.5 Interstellar hydrogen
791.7 Interstellar magnetic fields
792 Circumstellar
matter
Stars
Cf. QB6, Star catalogs
Cf. QB870+ Stellar
spectroscopy
799 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
801 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
801.6 Popular works
801.7 Juvenile works
801.8 Addresses, essays, lectures
802 Constellation figures. Star names
Cf. QB63, Stargazers'
guides
803 Zodiac
Including individual
constellations of the zodiac
805 Particular stars (not A-Z)
Cf. QB823 Particular double
and multiple stars
Cf. QB837 Particular
variable stars
Cf. QB883 Spectra of
special stars
806 Stellar evolution
806.5 Starbursts
807 Astrometry
Cf. QB135, Astronomical photometry
808 Structure
809 Atmospheres
Motion
Including orbits,
velocities, dynamics
810 General works
811 Proper motion
812 Stellar oscillations
813 Parallax and distance
814 Masses
815 Magnitude. Photometric catalogs
816 Color
Cf. QB829, Color of double
stars
817 Radiation. Bolometry
817.5 Magnetic fields
818 Stellar diameters
818.5 Stellar collisions
Including stellar mergers
819 Distribution
Including stellar
populations
820 Extrasolar
planets
Double and multiple stars. Binary
systems
Cf. QB421, Theory
Cf. QB903, Spectroscopy
821 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
Including observations,
catalogs
823 Particular stars (not A-Z)
829 Colors of double stars
830 X-ray binaries
Variable stars. Algol systems
Cf. QB895, Spectroscopy
833 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
835 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
Including observations,
catalogs
835.2 Addresses, essays, lectures
836 Magnitude. Photometric catalogs
837 Particular stars or clusters
(not A-Z)
837.5 Cataclysmic variable stars
838 Pulsating stars
841 Temporary or new stars
843.A-Z Other particular types of stars, A-Z
843.A12 A stars
843.A89 Asymptotic giant branch stars
843.B12 B stars
843.B25 Be stars
843.B55 Black holes
843.B57 Blue stragglers
843.B75 Brightest stars
843.B77 Brown dwarfs
843.C6 Cool stars
Coronae Borealis stars R see
QB843.R12
843.D44 Delta Scuti
stars
843.D85 Dwarf novae
843.D9 Dwarf stars
843.E2 Early stars
843.F55 Flare stars
843.L85 Luminous blue variables
843.M16 M stars
843.M3 Magnetic stars
843.M38 Massive stars [locally added, NRAO]
843.N12 N stars
843.N4 Neutron stars
843.O12 O stars
843.P42 Peculiar stars
843.P8 Pulsars
843.R12 R Coronae Borealis stars
843.R17 R Scuti
stars
843.R4 Red dwarfs
843.R42 Red giants
843.R72 RR Lyrae
stars
843.S12 S stars [locally added, NRAO]
843.S53 Shell stars
843.S85 Subgiant stars
843.S9 Supergiant
stars
843.S94 Supermassive
stars
843.S95 Supernovae
843.S96 Symbiotic stars
843.T12 T Tauri
stars
843.W5 White dwarfs
843.W6 Wolf-Rayet
stars
Clusters and nebulae
Cf. QB981, Spectroscopy
851 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
Including observations,
catalogs
Clusters
853 General works
853.5 Globular clusters
Nebulae
855 General works
855.2 Juvenile works
855.5 Planetary nebulae
Including
proto-planetary nebulae
855.55 Gaseous nebulae
Including Herbig-Haro objects
855.9.A-Z Individual. By name, A-Z
855.9.C7 Crab Nebula
855.9.H67 Horsehead
Nebula
855.9.O75 Orion Nebula
Galaxies
856 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
publications
857 General works
857.3 Juvenile works
857.5.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
857.5.B84 Bulges
857.5.D37 Data processing
857.5.E96 Evolution
857.5.G7 Gravitational lenses
Including microlensing
857.5.H34 Halos
857.5.M34 Magnetic fields
857.5.M67 Motion in the line of sight
Radio galaxies, see
QB479.55.R34
857.5.S87 Surface brightness
857.5.V44 Cosmic velocity fields [by STScI 7/94]
Milky Way galaxy
857.7 General works
857.72 Galactic center
858 Dwarf galaxies
Active galaxies
Including active galactic
nuclei
858.3 General works
858.35 BL Lacertae
objects
858.4 Elliptical galaxies
858.42 Spiral galaxies
858.5.A-Z Other galaxies. By name, A-Z
858.5.M33 Magellanic
Clouds
Clusters of galaxies
858.7 General works
858.8.A-Z Individual. By name, A-Z
858.8.L63 Local Group
Cf. QB857.7+, Milky
Way
858.8.V57 Virgo Cluster
860 Quasars
Stellar spectroscopy
870 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, serial
collections
871 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
873 Instruments and apparatus
875 Chemical and physical
constitution
881 Classification of stars
Including classed
catalogs
883 Study of special types of stars
Including spectra of
special stars
891 Nebulae and clusters
895 Variables and new stars
901 Motion in the line of
sight. Radial velocities
903 Spectroscopic observations on
double stars
Cosmogony. Cosmology
Including nebular hypothesis,
meteoric hypothesis,
glacial cosmogony
Cf. BD493+ Speculative
philosophy
Cf. QB503 Origin of solar
system
980 Periodicals, societies, congresses,
serial
publications
980.5 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
981 General works, treatises, and
textbooks
982 Popular works
983 Juvenile works
985 Addresses, essays, lectures
991.A-Z Special topics, A-Z
991.B54 Big bang theory
991.C64 Cosmic background radiation
Including cosmic ripples
991.C65 Cosmic rotation
991.C66
Cosmological distances
991.C87 Curvature cosmology
991.C92 Cyclic
universe theory
991.E53 End of
the universe
991.E94 Expanding universe
991.G73 Great Attractor
991.I54 Inflationary universe
991.L37 Large scale structure
991.N34 Naked singularities
991.P45 Phase transformations
991.Q36
Quantum cosmology
Quantum
theory
Cf. QB991.Q36, Cosmology
991.T67 Topological defects