Hubble Revisited

New Images from the Discovery Machine

Daniel Fischer, Hilmar W. Duerbeck (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

1998
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-98551-0 (ISBN)

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The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the most distant known galaxy and the most massive known star, and has been at the front lines of all the most pressing questions in astrophysics. This is an illustrated account of Hubble's breathtaking discoveries.

The Hubble Space Telescope is arguably the single most successful scientific instrument ever built. It has discovered the most distant known galaxy and the most massive known star, and has been at the front lines of all the most pressing questions in astrophysics: the age of the Universe, the nature of gamma ray bursters, and the discovery of extrasolar planets. This is an illustrated account of Hubble's breathtaking discoveries.

1. General Overview. Telescopes around 2000; How Hubble was born; The second servicing mission; Working with Hubble today.- 2. Cosmology. The Hubble deep field; Quasars and the early universe; The search for cosmic numbers; Gamma-ray bursters.- 3. Stars. Stellar nurseries; Red gants and supergiants; White dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and extrasolar planets; Late stellar evolution; Supernova 1987A.- 4. The Solar System. The new invasion of Mars; The rings of Saturn; The winds of Jupiter; Between the planets.- 5. A View into the Future. The next servicing missions; Hubble and beyond; Astronomical quests of the 21st century.- Appendix: references, internet resources.

Zusatzinfo	100 colour figures, references
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	290 x 250 mm
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-387-98551-4 / 0387985514
ISBN-13	978-0-387-98551-0 / 9780387985510
Zustand	Neuware