The Sky at Night

New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010

Abstract/Sommario: Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Eye on the Sky -- The Turbulent Sun -- Comet Crash -- The Search for Life Elsewhere -- Mapping the Sky -- News from the Planets -- Spanish Ring -- The Sizes of the Stars -- The Edge of the Solar System -- The Telescopes of Mauna Kea -- Turkish Delight -- Ringed World -- Matter We Cannot See -- Gamma Ray Bursters -- Wandering Giants -- The Problem with Pluto -- Non-Identical Twins -- The Sounds of the Stars -- Space-Man -- Exploring Mars -- ...; [leggi tutto] Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Eye on the Sky -- The Turbulent Sun -- Comet Crash -- The Search for Life Elsewhere -- Mapping the Sky -- News from the Planets -- Spanish Ring -- The Sizes of the Stars -- The Edge of the Solar System -- The Telescopes of Mauna Kea -- Turkish Delight -- Ringed World -- Matter We Cannot See -- Gamma Ray Bursters -- Wandering Giants -- The Problem with Pluto -- Non-Identical Twins -- The Sounds of the Stars -- Space-Man -- Exploring Mars -- The Lakes of Titan -- The Lakes of Titan Continued -- Fiftieth Anniversary -- SuperWASP -- Scorpion in the Sky -- The August Perseids -- Black Holes and Black Magic -- Jodrell Bank-50th Anniversary -- The Grand Collision -- Holme's Comet -- Cosmic Debris -- Nearest Star -- The Flight of the Phoenix -- Devil's Advocate -- Galaxy Zoo -- Four Hundred Years of the Telescope -- The Merry Dancers -- The Fountains of Enceladus -- The Herschel Telescope -- Onward to the Moon -- Forty Years On -- Impact! -- Life? -- Index. - For more than 50 years now Sir Patrick Moore has presented the BBC Television series Sky at Night; not a month has been missed – a record for any television series, and a record which may never be broken. Every three years or so a book is published covering the main events in both astronomy and space research. This is the 13th volume, not only a record of the programmes but also of the great advances and discoveries during the period covered - eclipses, comets, and the strange chemical lakes of Titan, for instance, but also anniversaries such as the fifteenth “birthday” of the Hubble Space Telescope, and not forgetting the programme celebrating the Sky at Night’s 50th year, attended by astronaut Piers Sellars and many others who appeared on the programme over the years. All the chapters are self-contained, and fully illustrated. In this new Sky at Night book you will find much to entertain you. It will appeal to amateurs and professionals alike [comprimi]