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The Stars: The Definiive Visual Guide to the Cosmos

Door Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Categorie
Ruimtevaart & Astronomie
Boeknummer
#363715-KG7
Titel
The Stars: The Definiive Visual Guide to the Cosmos
Auteur
Aderin-Pocock, Maggie
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
0241226023
ISBN13
9780241226025
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting
Expand your horizons and take in the awesome sights of the Universe. Using stunning space photography and easy-to-understand infographics, The Stars takes you to scores of galaxy clusters fantastically far away. Since the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, there are now hundreds of billions of stars, 200 billion alone in our home galaxy - the Milky Way. The Stars details 88 constellations to be found in the night sky, including Ursa Major, which contains the seven stars that make up the Plough, as well as Hercules, Lyra, Orion, and far away Andromeda. It explains how they came into being, where they are situated, and their key features. Feast your eyes on glowing galaxies, and rare sights such as dust clouds in the Carina and Ring Nebulae, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Stars also ... (Lees verder)provides an endless parade of mind-blowing facts such as when Betelgeuse explodes, it will release more energy in an instant that the Sun produces in its entire lifetime! With a foreword by Maggie Aderin-Pocock, presenter of BBC's Sky at Night, The Stars is the ultimate visual guide to the cosmos.
Pagina's
256
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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