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A sweeping tour of the galaxies, from our Milky Way to infinity.
Galaxies are glittering islands in the Universe, interwoven in the
web of Dark Matter. From Earth’s mountaintops enormous telescopes
peer deep beyond the Milky Way, while space telescopes locate
majestic images, and through seemingly miraculous technology,
capture them for us to look at and learn with amazement. Featuring
the most recent, best, and even startling images with detailed
captions highlighting accessible text, Galaxies shows the restless
universe beyond our atmosphere. Photographs are from more than 30
of the world’s largest ground-based telescopes, including the
largest to date, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large
Telescope in Chile. Images are also featured from the Hubble Space
Telescope, which has continued to operate long past its expected
life and to astound and astonish stargazers worldwide. Here is the
glory of the galaxies: The Milky Way, our Galaxy — Stellar
Nurseries, Stars and Planets, When Stars Die; In the Heart of the
Milky Way; Mapping the Milky Way; Our Galactic Neighborhood — The
Magellanic Clouds; the Andromeda Galaxy; The Triangulum Galaxy;
Satellite Galaxies; How far away are the stars? The Gallery of
Galaxies — Spiral Galaxies; Barred Spiral Galaxies; Elliptical,
Lenticular and Dwarf Galaxies; Dark Matter; The Expanding Universe;
Monsters and Black Holes — Twisting Galaxies; Colliding Galaxies;
Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars; Supermassive Black Holes; Giant
Eyes for the Sky; Clusters of Galaxies — Cosmic Clusters;
Gravitational Lensing; Dark Forces; The Large-scale Structure of
the Universe; Looking Back in Time; Birth and Evolution — At the
Edge of Space and Time; The First Galaxies; The Beginning of the
Universe; Dark Energy; Cosmology.
General
Imprint: |
Firefly Books
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Govert Schilling
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Dimensions: |
279 x 229mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-228-10448-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-228-10448-3 |
Barcode: |
9780228104483 |
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