Screen LibraryExpanding universe : photographs from the Hubble space telescope /
On the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope first being launched into low earth orbit, TASCHEN brings together some of its most breathtaking deep space images. Hubble's orbit outside the Earth's atmosphere allows it to take extremely high-resolution images with almost no background lig...
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Taschen,
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| Publisher Address: | Koln, [Germany] : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English French German |
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| Summary: |
On the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope first being launched into low earth orbit, TASCHEN brings together some of its most breathtaking deep space images. Hubble's orbit outside the Earth's atmosphere allows it to take extremely high-resolution images with almost no background light. Its acute observations have answered some of the most compelling questions of time and space, and simultaneously revealed whole new mysteries, like the strange "dark energy" that sees the universe expanding at an ever-accelerated rate. With investigations into everything from black holes to exoplanets, |
| Item Description: | Includes fold-out pages. |
| Carrier Form: | 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm |
| ISBN: |
9783836549226 3836549220 |
| Index Number: | QB500 |
| CLC: |
P1-64 J439.9 |
| Call Number: | J439.9/E964 |
| Contents: | Introductory statement -- The color of chaos -- The solar system -- The Milky Way -- Neighboring galaxies -- The local supercluster -- The visible universe -- Concluding statement -- We are all starstuff -- Appendices : Distance ladder ; Glossary ; Instruments. |