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Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 163 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Taught by Dr. David Meyer of Northwestern University, this course takes you on a tour of the Milky Way galaxy through spectacular images made by the Hubble Space Telescope. You view stars, star clusters, nebulae, and more while learning such concepts as star birth, planet formation, black holes, and galactic evolution. The result is a tour that is as awe-inspiring as it is instructive, while also showing what it means to live in a galaxy.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990 was the first time humans had sent a telescope into space, beyond the distorting effects caused by looking through the Earth's atmosphere. Aided by stunning photography from Hubble, this book describes how Hubble gathers imagery and transmits it to Earth and discusses the telescope's top discoveries. It also explores the stormy weather on our solar system's planets and moons,star clusters, nebulas...
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