The Orion Nebula : where stars are born / C. Robert O'Dell.
The Orion Nebula : where stars are born / C. Robert O'Dell.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N523.113/17
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 170 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Enter the Hunter -- 2. Views of Our Universe -- 3. Henry Draper and the Photographic Revolution -- 4. The Toolbox of the Astronomer -- 5. Opaque Skies on the Clearest Nights -- 6. Why Is a Star a Star? -- 7. Bengt Stromgren's Spheres -- 8. The Explorers Set Sail -- 9. Where Did All These Stars Co...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"The study of the Orion Nebula, focused upon by ever more powerful telescopes from Galileo's time to our own, clarifies how stars are formed, and how we have come to understand the process. In this book, C. Robert O'Dell explains what the Nebula is, how it shines, its role in giving birth to stars, and the insights it affords into how common (or ra...
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The Orion Nebula : where stars are born / C. Robert O'Dell.
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Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N523.113/17
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74VK2PWZPjm3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2PWZPjm3
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ISBN
067401183X (alk. paper)
DDC
523.113
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991017927829702626
