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Treasures of the Southern Sky (Record no. 26507)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781461406280
978-1-4614-0628-0
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB4
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 520
Edition number 23
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-- New York, NY :
-- Springer New York,
-- 2011.
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gendler, Robert.
Relator term author.
245 10 - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE
Title Treasures of the Southern Sky
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Robert Gendler, Lars Lindberg Christensen, David Malin.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XXX, 190 p. 148 illus. in color.
Other physical details online resource.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Preface -- Introduction -- The Discovery of the Southern Sky -- The Southern Summer -- The Southern Fall -- The Southern Winter -- The Southern Spring -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc In these pages, the reader can follow the engaging saga of astronomical exploration in the southern hemisphere, in a modern merger of aesthetics, science, and a story of human endeavor. This book is truly a celebration of southern skies.  Jerry Bonnell, Editor - Astronomy Picture of the Day The southern sky became accessible to scientific scrutiny only a few centuries ago, after the first European explorers ventured south of the equator. Modern observing and imaging techniques have since revealed what seems like a new Universe, previously hidden below the horizon, a fresh astronomical bounty of beauty and knowledge uniquely different from the northern sky. The authors have crafted a book that brings this hidden Universe to all, regardless of location or latitude. Treasures of the Southern Sky celebrates the remarkable beauty and richness of the southern sky in words and with world-class imagery. In part, a photographic anthology of deep sky wonders south of the celestial equator, this book also celebrates the human story of southern astronomy with an engaging and detailed history of key contributors to southern sky exploration. The accompanying text provides the reader with intriguing facts and useful information about the featured objects. The volume is arranged by southern hemisphere season and brings to the printed page many of the most provocative and beautiful astronomical images of our time, many in print for the first time. The collection of imagery covers a full range of deep sky astronomical objects, including the familiar and iconic as well as those that are more obscure but no less intriguing. Masterful, state of the art professional and amateur astrophotography highlights the authors' carefully selected deep sky "treasures." DUST JACKET: The beauty and richness of the southern night sky is legendary. From southern latitudes the finest globular clusters in the sky are visible to the unaided eye, as are the nearest galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. The brightest part of the Milky Way passes overhead during the southern winter and the nearest bright star as well as the legendary asterism known as the Southern Cross are both observable throughout the year. Despite these stunning highlights, the southern sky has received has received less attention than its northern counterparty, and fewer photographs exist of its lesser known, yet equally stunning and intriguing objects. This visual anthology features striking photographic portraits of the most celebrated to the more obscure southern astronomical objects. Carefully selected world-class images have been assembled using the latest digital methods, revealing these southern gems in ways never before seen. To provide a context, the pictures capture the sky in variety of scales, from the wide vistas seen through hobby telescopes to the tiny fields relayed in exquisitely rich detail by the powerful optics of the largest professional telescopes, including the Hubbel Space Telescope and ESO's telescopes. The beauty of the night sky is on display in vivid color and dazzling detail. The presentation is further enhanced by a detailed history of southern sky exploration and lucid text that describes the southern night-sky wonders in ways that are engaging and non-technical.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Photography, artistic.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science in Astronomy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Photography.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Christensen, Lars Lindberg.
Relator term author.
Personal name Malin, David.
Relator term author.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781461406273
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0628-0
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Item type E-Book
Copies
Price effective from Permanent location Date last seen Not for loan Date acquired Source of classification or shelving scheme Koha item type Damaged status Lost status Withdrawn status Current location Full call number
2014-04-16AUM Main Library2014-04-16 2014-04-16 E-Book   AUM Main Library520
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