Four degrees of separation -- A vocabulary of universal forms -- Nested supernova remnants -- Orion -- The Milky Way -- The North America and Pelican nebulae -- The Cone Nebula and surroundings -- Planetary Nebulae -- Seagulls and Cat's Paws -- A rose in heaven -- The case of the Eagle Nebula -- The Carina Nebula -- The Magellanic Clouds -- The Andromeda Way -- Interacting galaxies -- Nearby spirals -- The whirlpool and antennae galaxies -- Barred spirals -- Triplets, quartets, quintets, and sextets -- Galaxy clusters -- Cosmology and deep time -- About the pictures.
Summary:
Presents a collection of photographs depicting various sections of our solar system as well as of distant galaxies beyond the Milky Way taken by observatories around the world.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.