The Orion Nebula : : Where Stars Are Born / / C. Robert O'Dell.
The glowing cloud in Orion's sword, the Orion Nebula is a thing of beauty in the night sky; it is also the closest center of massive star formation--a stellar nursery that reproduces the conditions in which our own Sun formed some 4.5 billion years ago. The study of the Orion Nebula, focused up...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE Enter the Hunter
- CHAPTER TWO Views of Our Universe
- CHAPTER THREE Henry Draper and the Photographic Revolution
- CHAPTER FOUR The Toolbox of the Astronomer
- CHAPTER FIVE Opaque Skies on the Clearest Nights
- CHAPTER SIX Why Is a Star a Star?
- CHAPTER SEVEN Bengt Stromgren’s Spheres
- CHAPTER EIGHT The Explorers Set Sail
- CHAPTER NINE Where Did All These Stars Come From?
- CHAPTER TEN The Hubble Space Telescope
- CHAPTER ELEVEN What Orion Really Looks Like
- CHAPTER TWELVE What Is Happening in the Orion Nebula?
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Are We Alone?
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Outsmarting the Fickle Goddess of Science
- Index