Exploring the southern sky : a pictorial atlas from the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
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Exploring the southern sky : a pictorial atlas from the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Springer-Verlag, c1987
- : us
- : gw
Available at 21 libraries
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Photographic panorama of the Milky Way" 1 sheet (folded) in pocket
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary the European Sou- thern Observatory (ESO), is publishing a selection from its photographic treasures of the southern skies: 90 colour and 147 black and white plates have been reproduced. Thirty maps make it easy to locate the objects shown. Part 1 is devoted to extragalactic phenomena. Part 2 deals with our Galaxy. Part 3 contains the results from observations of minor bo- dies in the solar system (asteroids and comets with an em- phasis on the most beautiful Halley's comet photographs). The final part presents the Observatory itself.
Table of Contents
A Guide to this Book.- 1 The Universe and its Galaxies.- 1.1 A Look into Fornax.- 1.2 An Ordered Sequence of Galaxies.- 1.3 The Local Group.- 1.4 The Sculptor Group.- 1.5 Multiple Galaxies.- 1.6 Clusters of Galaxies.- 1.7 Peculiar Galaxies.- 2 The Milky Way Galaxy.- 2.1 Panorama of the Milky Way.- 2.2 The Milky Way from Orion to Puppis.- 2.3 The Milky Way from Vela to Carina.- 2.4 The Milky Way from Crux to Norma.- 2.5 The Milky Way from Scorpius to Scutum.- 2.6 Milky Way Objects at High Galactic Latitude.- 3 Minor Bodies in the Solar System.- 3.1 Meteoroids and Minor Planets.- 3.2 Comets.- 4 The Southern Sky and ESO.- 4.1 A European Organization for Astronomy.- 4.2 The La Silla Observatory.- 4.3 The Headquarters in Garching.- 4.4 The Next Generation of Telescopes.- Plate Data.- Index of Objects.
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