Hubble vision : astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope

Book 1995

Outlines the scientific goals of the Hubble Telescope, as well as its history, and presents planets, star clusters, supernovae, black holes, peculiar stars, optical jets, and gravitational lenses in previously unseen detail.

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Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)

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ISBN:

9780521496438
0521496438

Description:

xx, 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-247) and index

Contents:

1. Space telescope: The dream and the reality
2. Observing with the Hubble Space Telescope
3. The Solar System
4. Stars and the interstellar medium
5. Galaxies

LCCN:

95032568

Control Number:

61980

Other Authors:

Brandt, John C

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