Part of a series based on the BBC TV programme The Sky at Night, this volume covers astronomical material presented by the programme from autumn 1988 to the summer of 1992. Although the chapters are based on individual programmes, the text has been amended in the light of further research.
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The Sky at Night: v. 10 by CBE, DSc, FRAS, Sir Patrick Moore
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Table of Contents
The geology of Mars; the novice observer; radio stars; missiles from space; some minor mysteries; hitch-hiker; observatories of the Atacama Desert; the international ultra-violet explorer; new problems of Pluto; the making of an astronomer; bull in the sky; the epic journey of Voyager 2; the unexpected in astronomy; when is a star not a star?; the William Herschel telescope; daylight star; mission to Titan; the unveiling of Venus; Armagh Observatory - two hundred years old; Rosat; milliscond pulsars; cosmic-ray astronomy; BL Lacertae; the white spot on Saturn; Baikonur; a galaxy in creation?; the Pole Star; report on Hubble; blue skies?; the ghost planet; target Jupiter; among the asteroids; the background of the universe; cometary encounters of the second kind.
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GOR003541256
9780471937630
0471937630
The Sky at Night: v. 10 by CBE, DSc, FRAS, Sir Patrick Moore
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