Structures In Space: Hidden Secrets Of The Deep Sky With CDROM; Author: Abrams, Bernard; Joint Author: Stecker, Michael; Paperback; CD-ROM

Author: Abrams, Bernard; Joint Author: Stecker, Michael
Paperback; CD-ROM; 46 B&w Figures, 12 Colour Figures
116 pages
Published: November 1999
Springer-Verlag UK
ISBN: 1852331658

Much is yet to be discovered about the fascinating large-scale structures of the universe. Bernard Abrams, former Director of the Deep-Sky section of the British Astronomical Association and Michael Stecker, a celebrated California-based astronomical photographer, explain what we currently know of the near and far universe and present some of the most spectacular astronomical photographs ever taken. The accompanying CD-ROM offers a veritable explosion of hundreds of beautiful color images that illustrate local and distant structures and galaxies.Hidden secrets of the deep-sky. Free CD-ROM supplied with the book. This volume contains some recent thinking on the structure of the sky, covering such topics as the solar system; a spiral arm; the Milky Way; the local group of galaxies; and distant galaxies. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains astronomical photographs.