Astronomy in Color |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM | 38 |
THE STARS AND THE MILKY WAY | 107 |
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appear asteroids astronomical atomic binary binoculars bodies brightness calendar celestial cloud clusters colour comet constellation cosmic craters cycle dark degenerate matter detected diameter disc discovered discovery distance double stars Earth Earth's atmosphere Earth's orbit Earth's surface effect Egyptian electrons emission equator equatorial galactic galaxies gravitational Greek hydrogen idea Jupiter Jupiter's known latitude light lines lunar magnetic field magnitude main sequence Mare Mars measured Mercury meteor meteorite meteoroids Milky million km million miles Moon Moon's motion Mt Palomar naked eye naked-eye nebula Neptune northern hemisphere novae objects Observatory observed occur optical owing parsecs particles perihelion photographic planetary Pluto polar poles position pulsars radiation radio telescopes reflector regions revolves round rocks rotation period round the Sun satellites Saturn seen sidereal Sirius solar system space spectroscope spectrum spiral stellar Sun's sunspots superior planet temperature theory Uranus variable stars velocity Venus visible wavelengths X-ray