Telescope (JCMT) 21
Kitt Peak Solar 159
largest British 17
largest listed 19
made by Galileo 14
made by Herschel 15, 90
made by Newton 14–15
Mars from moderate-sized 76
mechanically driven 15
mounting for 268
nebulae observed through 221
New Technology Telescope
(NTT) 18, 137
photography 15
Pluto from moderate-sized 135
radio 20, 21, 202, 206
Arecibo 20
Green Bank, West Virginia
208
Lovell 20, 21
MERLIN (Multi-Element
Radio Link Interferometer
Network) 21
VLA (Very Large Array)
21, 196
reflector
30-centimetre (12-inch) 82,
117
Anglo-Australian (AAT) 16
Antarctic Submillimetre
Telescope 17, 20
Antu 17, 19, 190–1
Cassegrain 268
Danish 154-cm (60-inch) 141
first 14
Fraunhofer 15
Gemini North 16
Hale (Palomar) 17, 18, 174,
194, 202
Herschel 15
Hooker 16
Hubble Space Telescope see
Hubble Space Telescope
Isaac Newton, La Palma 16
James Webb Space
Telescope 30
Keck Telescope 18, 19
Kueyen 17, 19, 190–1
McMath–Pierce Solar
Facility 17
Melipal 17, 19, 190–1
mirror size 15, 16
Mount Wilson 15, 141, 194,
195
Newtonian 266–9
Newton’s first 14–15
Palomar 60-inch (152-cm)
123
principle explained 14–15
Rosse 15, 188, 194, 200
Swedish Solar Telescope, La
Palma 153, 158
United Kingdom Infra-Red
Telescope (UKIRT) 18, 21
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
17, 19, 122, 190–1, 193,
196, 197
William Herschel 16, 17
Yepun 17, 19, 190–1
refractor 157, 266
7.5-centimetre (3-inch) 117
false colour 14
Lick 103
Lowell 76, 109
Meudon 77
principle explained 14
resolution of 7.6 centimetres
(3 inches) 218
Washington 80
Yerkes Observatory 15, 18
resolution 19, 21, 30, 172,
187, 195, 218, 258Schmidt 18, 184
siting 198, 260
small 110, 176
spectroscope seeSpectroscope;
Spectroscopy
star magnitudes visible 167
Sydney University Stellar
Interferometer (SUSI) 172
test objects 236, 239, 244
types 266–7
United Kingdom Schmidt
(UKS) 18, 19
wide-field 24, 237
Wide Field and Planetary
Camera 30, 109, 179
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
(WFPC-2) 31, 125, 131,
185, 205
Telescopium (constellation)
166, 256–7
Telesto (satellite of Saturn) 117
Television 48
Tereshkova, Valentina 26
Tesserae (‘parquet terrain’) 72,
74
Tethys (satellite of Saturn) 111,
116, 117, 118
Thales of Miletus 12, 160
Themis (satellite of Saturn) 117
Themisto (satellite of Jupiter)
103
Thuban (star) 36, 168, 169
Thulis 139
Titan (satellite of Saturn) 42,
108, 114, 116, 120–1
atmosphere 120–1
Cassini mission 120–1
discovery 120
possibility of life on 120
spectroscopic study 120
structure 120
surface 120–1
Titania (satellite of Uranus) 126,
127, 128–9
Toliman seeAlpha Centauri
Tomasko, Martin 120
Tombaugh, Clyde 134
Toutatis (asteroid) 92, 93
Transient Lunar Phenomena
(TLP) 45
Transits 62
Trans-Neptunian object 137
28978 Ixion 137
50000 Quaoar 34, 137
20000 Varuna 137
Triangulum (constellation) 166,
240
Triangulum Australe
(constellation) 256
Triangulum Spiral seeM33
Trifid Nebula 239
Triton (satellite of Neptune)
132–3, 134
Trojans (asteroids) 92–3, 117
Tsiolkovskii, Konstantin
Eduardovich 22, 23
Tucana (constellation) 258–9
Tycho Brahe 13, 183, 221, 225
Tychonic theory 13U
U Geminorum (prototype dwarf
nova) 251
Ultraviolet 188
Faint Object Camera (FOC)
187
from globular clusters 187
Röntgen satellite (ROSAT) 24
Ulugh Beigh 12
Ulysses probe 23, 98, 103, 162
Umbriel (satellite of Uranus)126, 127, 128–9
United Kingdom Infra-Red
Telescope (UKIRT) 18, 21
Universe
acceleration 207
age 175, 204
‘Big Bang’ 206–7
‘Big Crunch’ 207
earliest moments 206
Earth’s relation to 195
formation of matter 206
future 207
history 204
life in 208–9
missing mass 207
origin 206–7
size 204
‘steady-state’ theory 206
time scales 195
Upsilon Andromedae 208, 238
Uranus 34, 122–9
air currents 124
atmosphere 122
aurorae 124
axial inclination 122
brightness 63
colour 122, 124
core 122
discovery 122
magnetic field and axis 124
missions to 25, 112, 114, 124–5
and Neptune 122, 131
orbit 122
planetary data listed 35, 123
possible massive impact on 122
radio waves 124
ring system 110, 122–3, 124,
125
colour 124
data listed 125
discovery 122
Epsilon 124
Saturn’s compared 124
satellites 124, 126–9
collisions 127
coronae 127, 128
data listed 126
discovery 124, 126
maps 128–9
named 122
nomenclature 127
Ariel 126, 127, 128
Miranda 126, 127, 128
Oberon 126, 127, 128–9
shepherd 124
Titania 126, 127, 128–9
Umbriel 126, 127, 128–9
Ursa Major (constellation)
166, 169, 171, 204, 215, 217,
218–9
effect of proper motion 171
nomenclature 166
star distances from Earth 171
Ursa Major (star) 169
Ursa Minor (constellation) 36,
168, 220–1
UW Canis Majoris (eclipsing
binary) 248V
V354 Cephei 172
Van Allen zones 98
Van Maanen’s Star (Wolf 28)
243
Vandenburg Air Force Base,
California 137
Vanderriest, Christian 137
Variable stars 178–9, 225, 232
basic classification listed 179
cataclysmic 179
Cepheids seeCepheidsdiscovery 234
eclipsing binaries 178, 180,
223, 228
eruptive 179
Gamma Cassiopeia variables
222
Mira Ceti long-period variable
type 178, 179
Mira Ceti 246, 247
R Carinae 254
R Centauri 256
R Horologii 260
and novae 180
pulsating 178, 179
RR Lyrae type 173, 178, 179,
219
RV Tauri type 178, 179
semi-regular 179
SS Cygni 179
SX Phoenicis 258
T Tauri type 179, 189
U Geminorum type 251
variable spectrum 258
W Virginis type 178, 228
Epsilon Aurigae 178
Eta Carinae 172, 179
R Coronae Australis 239
R Coronae Borealis 179, 225,
239
R Hydrae 230
R Scuti 234
RR Telescopii 256
Vega (star) 168, 208, 215, 232
Vela (constellation) 254
Venator, Nicolaus 234
Venera probes 70, 71
Venus 34, 70–75
Ashen Light 70
atmosphere 70, 226
brightness 63
clouds 70
exploration 70, 72, 74–5
features listed 73
Halley’s Comet 140
Magellan probe 72–5
Mariner 10 probe 64
movements 62
retrograde rotation 70
observation 62, 264
occulation of Regulus 226
planetary data 35, 70
possible life on 155
radar mapping 72, 74–5
sulphuric acid ‘rain’ 70
Sun’s effect on 155
surface colour 70
transit dates 62
Venera probes 70, 71
vulcanism 72, 74
Vernal Equinox (First Point of
Aries) 168
Verne, Jules 22
Very Large Telescope (VLT) 17,
19, 122, 190–1, 193, 196, 197
Vesta (asteroid) 90, 91
Viking probes
Viking 1 79
Viking 2 78, 79, 86–7
Virgo A (3C-274) 229
Virgo cluster 195, 199, 204, 205
Virgo (constellation) 185, 228,
231
Volans (constellation) 255
Volcanoes seeVulcanism
Von Braun Wheel 28
Vostok programme
Vostok 1 26
Vostok 6 27
Voyager probes 104, 118, 119,
162
Voyager 1 98, 102, 103, 104,
108, 162Voyager 2 25, 98, 99, 102,
108, 111, 112, 113, 114–5,
117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125,
126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132,
162
Vulcanism
Earth 38, 39
Io 38, 94, 102–5, 106
Mars 38, 78
Mercury 66
Moon 44–5
Venus 38, 72, 74
Vulpecula (constellation) 234
VZ Ceti 246W
W Centauri (globular cluster)
256
W. M. Keck Foundation 18
Webb, T. W. 229
Wegener, Alfred 38
Wezea (star) 248
Whirlpool Galaxy seeM51
Whiston, Rev. William 142
White, Major Edward 27
White dwarf 155, 172, 173,
175, 179, 180, 243
White hole 185
Wickramsinghe, Chandra 142
Wide Field and Planetary
Camera 30, 109, 179
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
(WFPC-2) 31, 125, 131, 185,
205
Wilson, A. 157
Wilson, Robert 206
Wilson Effect 157
Wolf 339 (type M star) 173
Wolf-Rayet star type 172
Wollaston, W. H. 158
Wright, Orville 26–27X
X-ray
astronomy 23
black holes 184
image of Sun 162
pulsar 182
Röntgen satellite (ROSAT) 24
telescopes 24
Virgo A (3C-274) 229
Yohkoh satellite 162Y
Yohkoh X-ray satellite 162
Young, John (astronaut) 50Z
Zaurak (star) 246
Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR) 146
Zero gravity 26
Zeta Aurigae (eclipsing binary
star) 178
Zeta Herculis 177
Zeta Orionis seeAlnitak
Zeta Phoenicis (Algol eclipsing
binary star) 258
Zodiac 62
Zodiacal light 34, 35, 162
Zubenelchemale (Northern
Claw) star 229
Zubenelgenubi (Southern Claw)
star 229
ZZ Carinae (Cepheid star) 254INDEX
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