Unveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery / Jean-René Roy, formerly Gemini...
Unveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery / Jean-René Roy, formerly Gemini...
Unveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery / Jean-René Roy, formerly Gemini Observatory, La Serena, Chile.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2017/6774
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English
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xv, 278 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Images and the cosmos -- Viewing heavenly mist -- Portraying cosmic whirlpools -- Taking celestial snapshots to photographing the realm of galaxies -- Pioneering celestial photography -- The golden age of astrophotography -- Picturing "nebulae" for the mind -- Images as galaxy discov...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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England
Date Published
2018.
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Unveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery / Jean-René Roy, formerly Gemini Observatory, La Serena, Chile.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/6774
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74VKVGG0DzAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGG0DzAM
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1108417019 hardback alkaline paper
9781108417013 hardback alkaline paper
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523.112
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991024154207802626
