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3-D Atlas of Stars and Galaxies
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3-D Atlas of Stars and Galaxies [electronic resource] / by Richard Monkhouse, John Cox.
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9780857293251
Published
London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
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1 online resource.
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Summary
This Astronomical Atlas features conventional star and galaxy maps, along with spectacular three-dimensional stereographs. These 3-D images are viewed with the <I>red/green</I> <I>spectacles</I> provided with the book, to show the stars and galaxies in three-dimensional space. This book contains three sets of comprehensive full-sky maps and 3-D stereographs. They cover <I>local space</I>, <I>regional space</I>, (the naked-eye stars) and <I>distant space</I> (with more than 20,000 galaxies). All the stereographs have been derived from the most accurate data available, including the results produced by the <I>Hipparcos</I> satellite. They can be used to directly measure approximate distances of the objects they show, as well as for viewing in 3-D. The <I>distant space maps</I> represent probably the most complete mappings of the galaxies available to amateur astronomers, and their accompanying three-dimensional views provide tantalising glimpses of structure at the largest scale of the universe.
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Language
English
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January 28, 2013
Contents
Introduction: Distances in Space. The maps. The Stereographs. Viewing the 3-D Images
Introduction: the Near Star Maps. Some Interesting Stars. 8 near star maps and stereographs
Introduction: the Bright Star Maps. Some interesting Objects. 16 bright star maps and stereographs
Introduction: the Galaxy Maps. Some Interesting Structures. 10 galaxy maps and stereographs
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