Unveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery / Jean-René Roy, formerly Gemini Observatory, La Serena, Chile.
Roy, Jean-René, author.
2018
QB121 .R697 2018 (Mapit)
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Title Unveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery / Jean-René Roy, formerly Gemini Observatory, La Serena, Chile.
Author Roy, Jean-René, author.
ISBN 9781108417013 (hardcover)
1108417019 (hardcover)
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Language English
Description xv, 278 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Call Number QB121 .R697 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.1/12
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
Images and the cosmos
Viewing heavenly mist
Portraying cosmic whirlpools
Taking celestial snapshots to photographing the realm of galaxies
Pioneering celestial photography
The golden age of astrophotography
Portraying "nebulae" for the mind
Images as galaxy discovery engines
The one-thousand year journey
Galaxies in focus
A symphony of waves
Imaging the invisible
Organizing the world of galaxies
The galaxy classification play-off
Atlases of galaxies, picturing island-universes
Galaxy atlases viewed by their users
Conclusion.

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