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300 astronomical objects: a visual reference to the universe
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Introduction --
[pt. 1]. The solar system --
The Sun --
Solar power --
Sunspots --
Solar flares --
Mercury --
Mercury's orbit --
Mercury's surface --
Venus --
Venus's clouds --
Venus's surface --
Earth --
Earth's interior --
Earth's surface --
Earth's oceans and atmosphere --
The Moon --
Moon's surface --
Moon and Earth --
Man on the Moon --
Mars --
Mar's atmosphere --
Mar's surface --
Deimos and Phobos --
The asteroid belt --
Eros --
Ida and Dactyl --
Mathilde --
Jupiter --
Jupiter's atmosphere --
Great red spot --
Jupiter's center and auroras --
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact --
Jupiter's moons --
Jupiter's rings and inner moons --
Io --
Europa --
Callisto --
Ganymede --
Jupiter's minor moons --
Saturn --
Saturn's rotation --
Saturn's rings --
Saturn's moons --
The Shepherd Moons --
Epimetheus and Janus --
Mimas --
Enceladus --
Tethys --
Dione --
Titan --
Hyperion --
Iapetus.
Uranus --
Uranus's rings --
Miranda and other moons --
Ariel and Titania --
Oberon and Umbriel --
Neptune --
Neptune's atmosphere --
Triton --
Pluto and Charon --
Outer belts and comets --
Halley's comet --
Hale-Bopp --
Tempel 1 and Deep Impact --
Other comets --
Space telescopes --
Hubble Space Telescope --
Spitzer Space Telescope --
Chandra Observatory --
International Space Station --
Uncrewed probes --
Mars lander -- Viking --
Mars lander -- Pathfinder --
Mars landers -- Spirit and Opportunity --
Venus landers --
Titan lander -- Huygens --
Sun orbiter -- SOHO --
Mercury orbiter -- Mariner --
Venus orbiter -- Magellan --
Mars orbiter -- Global Surveyor --
Mars orbiter -- Odyssey --
Mars orbiter -- Mars Express --
Jupiter orbiter -- Galileo --
Saturn orbiter -- Cassini --
Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 --
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
[pt. 2]. The Milky Way --
Nebulae --
Discovery of nebulae --
Molecular clouds --
Interstellar dust --
Cloud collapse --
Emission nebulae --
Carina nebula -- keyhole --
Carina nebulae -- star formation --
Eagle nebula -- pillars of creation --
Eagle nebula -- hidden stars --
Lagoon nebula --
N44F --
Trifid nebula --
Ghost head nebula --
Reflection nebulae --
V838 monocerotis --
Barnard's merope nebula --
Hubble's variable nebula --
Dark nebulae --
Horsehead nebula --
Thackeray's globules --
Barnard 68 --
Elephant's trunk nebula --
Protostars and planetary systems --
Star formation --
Planetary system formation --
Fomalhaut --
Extrasolar planets --
Stars --
Stellar classification --
Red dwarfs --
Brown dwarfs --
Giants --
Eta Carinae --
Wolf-Rayet stars --
Red giants --
White dwarfs --
Sirius A and B --
Binary stars --
Spectroscopic binaries --
Eclipsing and astrometric binaries --
Binary star formation --
Close binaries.
Open clusters --
Pleiades --
Trapezium cluster --
Globular clusters --
Omega centauri --
NGC 6397 --
Planetary nebulae --
Retina nebula --
Eight-burst nebula --
Helix nebula --
Cat's eye nebula --
Ring nebula --
Supernova remnants --
Type I-A supernova remnants --
Type II supernova remnants --
Cassiopeia A --
Crab nebula --
Neutron stars and pulsars --
Black holes and supernovae --
Other black holes --
[pt. 3]. Galaxies and beyond --
Local group --
Large Magellanic cloud --
Small Magellanic cloud --
Andromeda -- M31 --
Triangulum galaxy -- M33 --
Local group detail --
Galaxies --
Dwarf galaxies --
NGC 1705 --
I Zwicky 18 --
Lenticular/elliptical galaxies --
NGC 2787 --
NGC 1316 --
Spiral galaxies --
M74 --
NGC 891 --
NGC 3314 and NGC 3314b --
M81 --
Pinwheel galaxy -- M101 --
ESO 510-G13 --
NGC 4736 (M94) --
Sombrero galaxy -- M104 --
NGC 4013 --
NGC 4622 --
NGC 7331 --
Black Eye/Sleeping Beauty/Evil Eye Galaxy -- M64 --
Whirlpool galaxy -- M51 --
M66 --
NGC 2403 --
Other spiral galaxies --
Barred spiral galaxies --
NGC 1300 --
NGC 2903 --
NGC 1365 --
NGC 4639 --
Other galaxies.
Active galaxies, interacting galaxies, and clusters --
Starburst/Seyfert galaxies --
M82 --
NGC 7742 --
NGC 4314 --
NGC 3079 --
NGC 3310 --
Black holes --
M84 --
NGC 7052 --
NGC 4438 --
NGC 4261 --
Active galaxies --
M87 --
3C 31 --
Fornax A --
Centaurus A --
NGC 6240 --
Cygnus A --
Interacting galaxies --
The mice -- NGC 4676 --
NGC 1275 --
AMO644-741 --
Arp 220 --
NGC 4650A --
The Antennae galaxies --
Hoag's object --
NGC 6745 --
Tadpole galaxy (Arp 188) --
Cartwheel galaxy --
NGC 2207 and IC 2163 --
Galaxy group --
Stephan's quintet --
HCG 62 --
Seyfert's sextet --
HCG 87 --
Galaxy clusters --
Abell 2029 --
Abell 2218 --
Centaurus cluster --
1E 0657-56 --
CL 0024+1654 --
Perseus cluster --
Abell 3627 --
MS 0735.6+7421 --
Other clusters --
Cosmology and all-sky surveys --
First stars from Spitzer --
EGRET all-sky map --
2MASS map --
WMAP --
Hubble ultra deep field --
Chandra deep field north --
Einstein cross -- Hucra's lens --
BATSE --
Glossary --
Further resources & acknowledgments --
Index.
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