| Description |
328 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Four degrees of separation -- A vocabulary of universal forms -- Nested supernova remnants -- Orion -- The Milky Way -- The North America and Pelican nebulae -- The Cone Nebula and surroundings -- Planetary Nebulae -- Seagulls and Cat's Paws -- A rose in heaven -- The case of the Eagle Nebula -- The Carina Nebula -- The Magellanic Clouds -- The Andromeda Way -- Interacting galaxies -- Nearby spirals -- The whirlpool and antennae galaxies -- Barred spirals -- Triplets, quartets, quintets, and sextets -- Galaxy clusters -- Cosmology and deep time -- About the pictures. |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of photographs depicting various sections of our solar system as well as of distant galaxies beyond the Milky Way taken by observatories around the world. |
| Subject |
Space photography.
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Outer space -- Pictorial works.
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Outer space -- Photographs from space.
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Outer space -- Exploration.
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| ISBN |
9780810949485 |
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0810949482 |
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