Exploring the Southern Sky

Exploring the Southern Sky
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9783642615887
ISBN-13 : 3642615880
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Book Synopsis Exploring the Southern Sky by : Svend Laustsen

Download or read book Exploring the Southern Sky written by Svend Laustsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 3contains 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.

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