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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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