Philips Atlas of the Universe

N NASA 30, 52, 84 Nebulae 167, 174, 188–9, 221 composition 188 dark 167, 188, 189, 234, 257 HII regions 188 listed 189 Messier’s ...

Q QSOs (Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources) 202 Quaoar 34, 137 Quasars 185, 202–3 age 202 and BL Lacs 202, 223 and companion galaxies 2 ...

Bayer 166, 218 Caldwell 186 Cambridge 170, 244, 254, 260 Chinese 12 distance and luminosity values 170 Dreyer 186 Henize 188 Mes ...

Telescope (JCMT) 21 Kitt Peak Solar 159 largest British 17 largest listed 19 made by Galileo 14 made by Herschel 15, 90 made by ...

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE Many people have helped in the preparation of this book. My special thanks go to Professor Sir Arnold Wolf ...

‘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 ...