Astronomy A Visual Guide

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Contents Introduction 8 History 14 The beginnings of astronomy 16 The rise of astrophysics 24 Our place in the Universe 26 Into orbit 28 The race to the Moon 30 Shuttles and stations 32 Exploring the Solar System 36 Unlocking the stars 38 Pushing the limits 40 The Universe 44 Origins 46 The structure of the Universe 48 The Big Bang 50 The first stars and galaxies 54 The expanding Universe 58 The fate of the Universe 60 Phenomena 62 Star classification 64 Stellar life cycles 66 Multiple stars and clusters 74 Variable stars 76 Galaxies 78 Planets of other stars 83 The Solar System 84 Our Solar System 86 The Sun 90 Mercury 96 Venus 98 Earth 100 The Moon 104 Mars 114 Jupiter 120 Saturn 126 Uranus 132 Neptune 134 Pluto 136 Comets and meteors 138 Asteroids and meteorites 142 The Night Sky 144 Observation 146 The appearance of the sky 148 Finding your way 152 Starting observing 154 Binoculars 156 Telescope astronomy 158 Astrophotography 162 The constellations 166 Mapping the sky 168 Understanding the charts 172 Guide to the constellations 174 Monthly sky guide 274 Almanac 324 Glossary 340 Index 344 Acknowledgments 350 Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index