Hubble revisited : new images from the discovery machine
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Hubble revisited : new images from the discovery machine
Copernicus, 1998
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Das Hubble-Universum : neue Bilder und Erkenntnisse
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"Copernicus, an imprint of Springer-Verlag"--T.p.
Translated from German
Originally published: Basel : Birkhäuser , c1998
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-212) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Hubble Space Telescope is arguably the single most successful scientific instrument ever built. It has discovered the most distant known galaxy and the most massive known star, and has been at the front lines of all the most pressing questions in astrophysics: the age of the Universe, the nature of gamma ray bursters, and the discovery of extrasolar planets. This is an illustrated account of Hubble's breathtaking discoveries.
Table of Contents
- 1. General Overview. Telescopes around 2000
- How Hubble was born
- The second servicing mission
- Working with Hubble today.- 2. Cosmology. The Hubble deep field
- Quasars and the early universe
- The search for cosmic numbers
- Gamma-ray bursters.- 3. Stars. Stellar nurseries
- Red gants and supergiants
- White dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and extrasolar planets
- Late stellar evolution
- Supernova 1987A.- 4. The Solar System. The new invasion of Mars
- The rings of Saturn
- The winds of Jupiter
- Between the planets.- 5. A View into the Future. The next servicing missions
- Hubble and beyond
- Astronomical quests of the 21st century.- Appendix: references, internet resources.
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