Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe
by Robin Kerrod, Carole Stott (Author)
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For more than a decade, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been sending back to Earth stunning detailed images of our universe, from the storms on the planets in our own solar system to the collisions of far-off galaxies. These dazzling images have enabled astronomers to expand their knowledge of the very structure and evolution of our universe. Now, with its new Advanced Camera System, Hubble is peering deeper into space than ever before, revealing more remote galaxies and sending back show more dramatic new views of the cosmos. show lessTags
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Lots of astronomical eye candy from the HST.
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Robin Kerrod is a Fellow of Britain's Royal Astronomical Society. He is author of several books and a CD-ROM for amateur astronomers, and is publisher of sky charts used in many schools. (Bowker Author Biography)
Carole Stott has written over 20 books about astronomy and space and is a feature writer for the British magazine Astronomy Now. She has been a curator and head of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England
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- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 522.2919 — Natural sciences & mathematics Astronomy Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials Telescopes (See also 535.83 Optics) Famous telescopes
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- QB500.268 .K47 — Science Astronomy Astronomy Descriptive astronomy Solar system
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