Structures in Space: Hidden Secrets of the Deep SkySpringer Science & Business Media, 2000 - 116 páginas 10 The visible Universe is a little more than 10 years old - the best estimate is 15 billion 50 years. It contains approximately 10 tonnes of matter. Studying the ways in which this material is arranged, and the processes which shape it over time, provide the basis for the oldest science in the world: astronomy. Structures in space which have resulted from aeons of cosmic evolution combine immensity and delicacy in a way which gives astronomical photographs a rare aesthetic appeal. This book uses the artful astrophotography and electronic imaging of Michael Stecker to illustrate these structures, and to illuminate the descriptions and explanations from Bernard Abrams which surround them. Selections from the Stecker Files have been chosen for more detailed description, including matters of imaging technique, as we expect there will be active astrophotographers as well as armchair astronomers in our audience - both are most welcome. This selection was extremely difficult; all the images are worthy of such consideration while speaking eloquently for themselves. |
Conteúdo
The Solar System and Beyond | 1 |
The Nebulae | 7 |
Star Clusters | 39 |
Planetary Nebulae and Supernova Remnants | 53 |
Galaxies and Galaxy Groups | 61 |
Observing Notes | 73 |
The Stecker Files | 77 |
Captions to Images on the CDROM | 79 |
Colour Plate Section | 100 |
Glossary of Terms | 113 |
Subject Index | |
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35 mm camera 35 mm film 400 PPF film 50-minute exposures ascension 17 hours astronomers Astrophysics 155 black and white bright star centred at right Comet constellation Cygnus dark nebulae deep sky degrees and north digitally stacked emission nebula Emission nebula colour f/7 refractor field of view filter Fujicolor HG 400 globular clusters HG 400 film hypersensitized Kodak Technical image was processed Kodak Pro 400 Kodak Technical Pan Las Campanas Observatory light magnitude Michael Stecker Milky minutes and declination Mt Pinos nebulosity negatives were stacked Object name open cluster Ophiuchus Photographic data planetary nebula planets processed and cropped red emission nebula reflection nebulae refractor and 35 refractor and Pentax right ascension right ascension 17 Sagittarius Star Cloud Scorpius seen single 45-minute exposure Solar System spiral arms spiral galaxy stacked and processed Star fields Stecker's image Tamron Technical Pan Technical Pan 35 telescope unhypered Kodak view is 1.2