Book
Far out : a space-time chronicle
Record details
- ISBN: 0810949482 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780810949485 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
328 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Abrams, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Four degrees of separation -- A vocabulary of universal forms -- Nested supernova remnants -- Orion -- The Milky Way -- The North America and Pelican nebulae -- The Cone Nebula and surroundings -- Planetary Nebulae -- Seagulls and Cat's Paws -- A rose in heaven -- The case of the Eagle Nebula -- The Carina Nebula -- The Magellanic Clouds -- The Andromeda Way -- Interacting galaxies -- Nearby spirals -- The whirlpool and antennae galaxies -- Barred spirals -- Triplets, quartets, quintets, and sextets -- Galaxy clusters -- Cosmology and deep time -- About the pictures. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Space photography Outer space Pictorial works Outer space Photographs from space Outer space Exploration Outer space Pictorial works |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 523.2 BEN (Text) | 000100254 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Presents a collection of photographs depicting various sections of our solar system as well as of distant galaxies beyond the Milky Way taken by observatories around the world.