Hubble
A New Window to the Universe
Published on 17. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
175 pages
978-1-4612-7524-4 (ISBN)
Description
At last, a book presenting the fantastic achievements of the first five years of the Hubble Space Telescope observations! While a number of books for the general public emphasise the technological accomplishments of this multi-billion dollar project or deal with the well-publicised flaw in the telescopes optics, this ground-breaking book concentrates on its astronomical success. The authors use results and spectacular images from Hubble itself to illustrate a wide range of astronomical topics, from the great questions about the universe as a whole, to quasars and black holes, and from the life and death of stars to our planetary neighbours in the solar system. The book is rounded off with an overview of the plans for the future of this fascinating telescope. The text contains a large number of spectacular images, as well as self-contained portraits of astronomers and explanations of astronomical topics and instruments. Written in a lively style, this compendium serves as a testament to the significant role the Hubble has played in astronomical accomplishment and discovery over the past five years.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Publishing group
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
62 farbige Abbildungen, 50 s/w Abbildungen
62 Illustrations, color; 50 Illustrations, black and white; 175 p. 112 illus., 62 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-4612-7524-4 (9781461275244)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-2390-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Persons
Content
1 From Babylon to Cape Canaveral.- Larger, Higher, More Expensive... From Simple Tools to the Telescope of the Nineties.- Space Astronomy-Picture Window to the Universe.- The Hubble's Thorny Path into Space.- Why an Optical Telescope in Space?.- From the Idea to the Countdown.- In Orbit.- The Scandal of the Defective Mirror.- Hubble's Difficult Years.- The Servicing Mission.- 2 The New Window to the Universe: The Hubble and Astronomy.- The Great Questions: How Large and How Old Is the Universe?.- Cepheids.- Globular Clusters.- The Hubble and the Big Bang Helium.- Island Worlds in Space and Time: Galaxies and Quasars.- Gravitational Lenses in the Universe.- Are Quasar Theories Out of Date?.- Mysterious Galaxies.- Large and Small Lights: The World of Stars.- The Most Massive Stars.- The Least Massive Stars.- Families and Clans of Stars: Open and Globular Clusters.- Gas and Dust: Of Life and Death of Stars.- The Orion Nebula: Nursery of Stars and Planets?.- Jets and Star Formation.- Planetary Nebulae: A Colorful Finale.- Close-up of Stellar Death: Supernova 1987A.- A Stellar Ruin: The Cirrus Nebula.- A Different Kind of Stellar Explosions: Novae.- Our Galactic Home-The Solar System.- Are We Alone in the Universe?.- Where Are the Limits of Our Solar System?.- Pluto.- Neptune.- Uranus.- Saturn.- Taking Aim at Jupiter.- The Asteroids.- Mars.- 3 Hubble At Work-And Looking Beyond.- Working with Hubble.- Hubble's Next Decade.- What Comes After Hubble?.- 4 Appendix.- Want to See More?.- Further Reading.