Philips Atlas of the Universe

‘The best introduction to astronomy’ The Journal of the British Astronomical Association ‘The best introduction to astronomy’ Th ...

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FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR SIR ARNOLD WOLFENDALE, FRS ASTRONOMER ROYAL 1991- AT L A S O F T H E UNIVERSE REVISED EDITIONREVISED EDITI ...

Contents 76 Mars 78 Missions to Mars 80 Satellites of Mars 82 Map of Mars 84 Hubble Views of Mars 85 Mars from Global Surveyor 8 ...

152 THE SUN 154 Our Star: the Sun 156 The Surface of the Sun 158 The Solar Spectrum 160 Eclipses of the Sun 162 The Sun in Actio ...

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Exploring the Universe
Space walk:Michael Gernhardt during his extravehicular activity on 16 September 1995. Space Shuttle Ende ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE Astronomy through the Ages A stronomy is certainly the oldest of all the sciences. Our remote cave-dwellin ...

EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE Ironically, the next character in the story, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, was no Copernican. He bel ...

Telescopes and the Stars N obody can be sure just when telescopes were invented, but there is strong evidence that Leonard Digge ...

EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE the light to the side of the tube, where an image is formed and enlarged by an eyepiece as before. A mirr ...

Observatories of the World ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE I t is the Earth’s atmosphere which is the main enemy of the astronomer. Not on ...

EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE are not very good, and the site was selected only because there are no really favourable locations in the ...

Great Telescopes ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE F or many years the Mount Wilson 2.5-metre (100-inch) reflector was not only the world’s ...

EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE Telescopes Observatory Aperture Lat. Long. Elev., Completed min m REFLECTORS Keck I W. M. Keck Observator ...

Invisible Astronomy ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE T he colour of light depends upon its wavelength – that is to say, the distance betwee ...