The ultimate guide to the final frontier
This alphabetical tour of the universe provides all the history, science, and up-to-the-minute facts needed to explore the skies with authority. Packed with more than 3,000 entries that cover everything from major observatories and space telescopes to biographies of astronomers throughout the ages, it showcases an extraordinary array of newfound wonders, including microquasars, brown dwarfs, and dark energy, as well as a host of individual comets, asteroids, moons, planets, stars, nebulas, and galaxies. Featuring nearly 200 illustrations and eight pages of color photographs, this comprehensive guide provides easy lookup of topics and offers more in-depth information than can be found in existing star guides or astronomy dictionaries. It's an ideal resource for the amateur astronomer or anyone with an interest in the mysteries of the cosmos.
David Darling, PhD (Brainerd, MN), is the author of The Complete Book of Spaceflight (0-471-05649-9) and Equations of Eternity, a New York Times Notable Book.
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Onward presses Voyager. Into a region where the temperature is only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero. Where the sun appears 30 times smaller than it does from Earth. And 900 times fainter. So faint that to capture images of the ...
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Presents a range of topics that illustrate the state of modern astronomy, and includes practical advice ranging from how to use binoculars to advanced imaging techniques.
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The Inca calendar was also set by heliacal risings of bright stars, star clusters, and dark cloud constellations. ... arranged along patterns of space that connected the shrines to the horizon and the stars beyond.
Tycho called such doubters " thick wits " and " blind watchers of the sky . " Though few people agreed with Tycho , his measurements of the new object and his book about it had made him famous . More important , these things had “ put ...