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Index

Cover Title Page The Universe Contents Foreword Introduction to the Universe

Scale of the Universe Modern Observing Methods Today’s Telescopes How to Use This Book Naming Conventions Highlights

The Solar System Transits & Eclipses Introduction to the Planets Manned Space Flight

The Quest for Orbit Race to the Moon Shuttle Programme The Present Day The International Space Station

The Sun

Orientation Atmosphere Heliosphere Solar Flares History In Popular Culture

Mercury

Orientation Magnetosphere History BepiColombo Mission In Popular Culture Caloris Planitia Pantheon Fossae Raditladi Basin Rachmaninoff Crater Caloris Montes

Venus

Orientation Atmosphere History In Popular Culture Mariner 2 Magellan Mission Signs of Life Baltis Vallis Maat Mons Alpha Regio Maxwell Montes Aphrodite Terra

Earth

Orientation Atmosphere Magnetosphere History NASA Earth Science Mt Everest Challenger Deep Atacama Desert Mauna Kea Chicxulub Crater Silfra Death Valley Antarctica Great Barrier Reef Amazon Rainforest Ngorongoro Conservation Area Great Wall of China

The Moon

Orientation History In Popular Culture Apollo 11 Orbital Gateway Lunar Eclipses Sea of Tranquility South Pole-Aitken Crater Copernicus Crater Montes Apenninus Oceanus Procellarum

Mars

Orientation Mapping Mars Martian Moons Atmosphere & Magnetosphere History In Popular Culture Investigating Mars Curiosity Rover InSight Lander Travelling to Mars Polar Caps Tharsis Montes Olympus Mons Valles Marineris Hellas Planitia Bagnold Dune Field Gale Crater Elysium Planitia Syrtis Major Planum Utopia Planitia Vastitas Borealis

Jupiter

Orientation Atmosphere History Great Red Spot Ring System Surface Clouds Oceans Magnetosphere Juno Mission Io Europa Ganymede Callisto

Saturn

Orientation History Cassini Mission Saturn’s Rings Magnetosphere Surface Titan Enceladus Rhea, Dione & Tethys Iapetus Mimas Phoebe

Uranus

Orientation History Surface/Atmosphere Aurorae Magnetosphere Ring Systems Miranda Ariel Umbriel Oberon Titania Shepherd Moons

Neptune

Orientation Magnetosphere History In Popular Culture Surface/Atmosphere Rings Proteus Triton Nereid Other Moons

Non-Planetary Solar System Objects Asteroid Belt/Asteroids

Bennu Ceres Chariklo EH1 Eros Ida Itokawa Phaethon Psyche Vesta

Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets

Eris Farout The Goblin Haumea Makemake Pluto Comets Borrelly C/1861 G1 Thatcher Churyamov-Gerasimenko Hale-Bopp Halley Hartley 2 ISON ’Oumuamua Shoemaker-Levy 9 Swift-Tuttle Tempel 1 Tempel-Tuttle Wild 2

Oort Cloud Exoplanets

2MASS J2126-814b 51 Pegasi b 55 Cancri Barnard’s Star b CoRoT-7b CVSO 30b and c Epsilon Eridani Fomalhaut b Gliese 163 b, c & d Gliese 176 b Gliese 436 b Gliese 504 b Gliese 581 b, c & e Gliese 625b Gliese 667 cb & cc Gliese 832 b & c Gliese 876 b, c, d & e Gliese 3470 b GQ Lupi b HAT-P-7b HAT-P-11b HD 40307 g HD 69830 b, c & d HD 149026 b HD 189733 b HD 209458 b HIP 68468 b & c Kapteyn b & c KELT-9b Kepler-10b & c Kepler-11b to g Kepler-16 (AB)-b Kepler-22b Kepler-62b to f Kepler-70b & c Kepler-78b Kepler-90b Kepler-186b to f Kepler-444b to f Kepler-1625b Kepler-1647 (AB)-b Lich System (PSR B1257+12) Methuselah’s Planet Pi Mensae b & c Pollux b Proxima b PSO J318.5-22 Ross 128 b TRAPPIST-1 TrES-2b WASP-12b WASP-121 b Wolf 1061 b, c & d YZ Ceti b, c & d

Stellar Objects

Nebula & Protostars Main Sequence Stars Giant Stars Binaries & Clusters End of Life Life Cycle of Stars Spectra Classification 1E 2259+586 3C 273 Achernar Aldebaran Algol Alpha Centauri A Alpha Centauri B Altair Antares Arcturus Barnard’s Star Betelgeuse California Nebula Canopus Capella Cat’s Eye Nebula Crab Nebula Cygnus X-1 Deneb Dumbbell Nebula Epsilon Aurigae Eta Carinae Ghost of Jupiter GRS 1915+105 HE 1256-2738 HE 2359-2844 Helix Nebula Herschel’s Garnet Star HLX-1 Horsehead Nebula HV 2112 IGR J17091-3624 Iris Nebula Kepler’s Supernova Kes 75 Little Dumbbell Nebula Mira MY Camelopardalis North America Nebula Omega Centauri Orion Nebula Owl Nebula Pleiades Polaris Procyon RCW 86 Regulus Rigel Ring Nebula Rosette Nebula Sagittarius A* SAO 206462 SDSSJ0927+2943 SGR 1806-20 Sirius Spica Tabby’s Star T Tauri ULAS J1120+0641 UY Scuti Vega Veil Nebula VY Canis Majoris W40

Galaxies

Andromeda Galaxy Black Eye Galaxy Bode’s Galaxy Canis Major Dwarf Cartwheel Galaxy Centaurus A Cigar Galaxy Circinus Galaxy Condor Galaxy Grand Spiral Galaxy Hoag’s Object Large and Small Magellanic Clouds Malin 1 Galaxy Markarian 231 M77 M87 NGC 1512 NGC 3370 Pinwheel Galaxy Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy Sculptor Galaxy Sombrero Galaxy Sunflower Galaxy Tadpole Galaxy Triangulum Galaxy W2246-0526 Whirlpool Galaxy

Colliding Galaxies

Antennae Galaxies Arp 273 Mayall’s Object NGC 2207 & IC 2163 NGC 2623 NGC 3256

Galaxy Clusters

Abell 1689 Bullet Cluster El Gordo Fornax Cluster Local Group Musket Ball Cluster Norma Cluster Pandora’s Cluster Perseus Cluster Phoenix Cluster Virgo Cluster

Glossary Acknowledgements Author Biographies Copyrights

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