A View of the UniverseThis lavishly illustrated photographic exploration of the universe will delight everyone intrigued by the night sky. This is the finest collection of color photographs of star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae ever published. Working with the world's most sophisticated telescopes and his own revolutionary techniques, world renowned astronomical photographer David Malin captures distant worlds and phenomena in their astonishing natural colors. These unique pictures are accompanied by nontechnical captions and a lucid text accessible and inspiring to the general reader as well as to astronomers and photographers. The foremost astronomical photographer in the world, David Malin is the discoverer of an enigmatic galaxy now known as Malin-1 and the coauthor of Colours of the Stars and Catalogue of the Universe, both published by Cambridge University Press. His photographs have appeared in locations as diverse as Australian postage stamps and the cover of Life magazine. |
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THE RISE OF ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY | 23 |
3 | 29 |
THE MILKY WAY AND THE COLOURS OF THE STARS | 53 |
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30 m DFM 60 m SBT 80 mm Planar AAT or UKST and/or title number(s appear blue stars bright stars brighter camera Centaurus centre colour film colour photography colour picture constellation dark clouds DFM USM distant dust cloud dust lane dusty dwarf Ektachrome emission nebula Eta Carinae faint fainter Figure AAT Galactic giant globular clusters glow Hasselblad Herbig-Haro objects Herschel Horsehead nebula hot stars hydrogen IIa-D/GG IIIa-J/GG interaction interstellar light echo Magellanic Clouds mass loss massive stars Milky million light molecular cloud nearby nebulosity night sky nucleus number and/or title Observatory open cluster Orion nebula particles photographic amplification planetary nebula planets produce radiation reflection nebula relatively reveals Sagittarius scattered seen in Fig shows southern spiral arms spiral galaxies star formation star-forming regions stellar supernova Tarantula nebula three-colour tion Trifid nebula UK Schmidt Telescope UKST ref unsharp masking Virgo cluster visible wavelengths wide-angle yellow young stars