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LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELHI 19th-century printed constellation card Project editor Charyn Jones Art editor Ron Stobbart Design assistant Elaine C. Monaghan Production Meryl Silbert Picture research Becky Halls, Deborah Pownall Managing editor Josephine Buchanan Managing art editor Lynne Brown Special photography Tina Chambers, Clive Streeter Editorial consultant Dr. Heather Couper This Edition Consultants Robin Scagell, Dr. Jacqueline Mitton Editors Clare Hibbert, Sue Nicholson, Victoria Heywood-Dunne, Marianne Petrou Art editors Rebecca Johns, David Ball Senior editor Shaila Awan Managing editors Linda Esposito, Camilla Hallinan Managing art editors Jane Thomas, Martin Wilson Publishing Manager Sunita Gahir Production editors Siu Yin Ho, Andy Hilliard Production controllers Jenny Jacoby, Pip Tinsley Picture research Bridget Tily, Jenny Baskaya, Harriet Mills DK picture library Rose Horridge, Myriam Megharbi, Emma Shepherd U.S. editorial Elizabeth Hester, Beth Sutinis U.S. design and DTP Dirk Kaufman, Milos Orlovic U.S. production Chris Avgherinos Compass (19th century) Drawing an ellipse This Eyewitness ® Guide has been conceived by Dorling Kindersley Limited and Editions Gallimard This edition first published in the United States in 2008 by DK Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Micrometer for use with a telescope Copyright © 1992, © 2004, © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited 08 09 10 11 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ED635 – 04/08 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-7566-3767-5 Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by Leo Paper Products Ltd., China Discover more at 19th-century orrery showing Uranus with its four known satellites A demonstration to show how different elements behave in the solar system
Contents 6 The study of the heavens 8 Ancient astronomy 10 Ordering the universe 12 The celestial sphere 14 The uses of astronomy 16 Astrology 18 The Copernican revolution 20 Intellectual giants 22 Optical principles 24 The optical telescope 26 Observatories 28 Astronomers 30 Spectroscopy 32 The radio telescope 34 Venturing into space 36 The solar system 38 The Sun 40 The Moon 42 Earth French astronomical print (19th century) 44 Mercury 46 Venus 48 Mars 50 Jupiter 52 Saturn 54 Uranus 56 Neptune and beyond 58 Travelers in space 60 The birth and death of stars 62 Our galaxy and beyond 64 Did you know? 66 Cutting-edge astronomy 68 Find out more 70 Glossary 72 Index
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Page 10 and 11: Ancient astronomy Defying the heave
Page 12 and 13: Ordering the universe Star cataloge
Page 14 and 15: The celestial sphere Star trails A
Page 16 and 17: Syene Sun Alexandria Measuring the
Page 18 and 19: Astrology The astrologer In antiqui
Page 20 and 21: The Copernican revolution Nicolaus
Page 22 and 23: Intellectual giants Galileo’s tel
Page 24 and 25: Optical principles Inventor of the
Page 26 and 27: The optical telescope Cameras on te
Page 28 and 29: Observatories The leviathan of pars
Page 30 and 31: Astronomers Fashionable amateurs By
Page 32 and 33: The colors of the rainbow A rainbow
Page 34 and 35: The radio telescope radio galaxy Th
Page 36 and 37: Venturing into space Luna 1 Lunar p
Page 38 and 39: The solar system The solar system i
Page 40 and 41: The Sun The coronagraph In 1930 the
Page 42 and 43: Early moon map The same side of the
Page 44 and 45: Earth earth and the moon The Englis
Page 46 and 47: Mercury Early mercury map Although
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Page 50 and 51: Mars Mars appears pale orange in th
Page 52 and 53: Jupiter This huge, bright planet is
Page 54 and 55: Saturn 17th-Century view In 1675 th
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Uranus William herschel (1738-1822)
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Urbain le verrier (1811-1877) Le Ve
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Travelers in space Not all matter i
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The birth and death of stars Catalo
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Our galaxy and beyond Edwin hubble
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Did you know? Amazing facts The Pio
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Cutting-edge astronomy Finding out
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Find out more If you want to know m
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Glossary Eclipse When one celestial
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Index A active optics 24, 65 Adams,
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