300 Astronomical Objects: A Visual Reference to the Universe Book

Introduction

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

The Sun

• Solar Power
• Sunspots
• Solar Flares

Mercury

• Mercury's Orbit
• Mercury's Surface

Venus

• Venus's Clouds
• Venus's Surface

Earth

• Earth's Interior
• Earth's Surface
• Earth's Oceans and Atmosphere

The Moon

• Moon's Surface
• Moon and Earth
• Man on the Moon

Mars

• Mars's Atmosphere
• Mars's Surface
• Deimos and Phobos

The Asteroid Belt

• Eros
• Ida and Dactyl
• Mathilde

Jupiter

• Jupiter's Atmosphere
• Great Red Spot
• Jupiter's Center and Auroras
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact

Jupiter's Moons

• Jupiter's Rings and Inner Moons
• Io
• Europa
• Callisto
• Ganymede
• Jupiter's Minor Moons

Saturn

• Saturn's Rotation
• Saturn's Rings

Saturn's Moons

• The Shepherd Moons
• Epimetheus and Janus
• Mimas
• Enceladus
• Tehys
• Dione
• Titan
• Hyperion
• Iapetus

Uranus

• Uranus's Rings
• Miranda and Other Moons
• Ariel and Titania
• Oberon and Umbriel

Neptune

• Nepturn's Atmosphere
• Triton

Pluto and Charon

Outer Belts and Comets

• Halley's Comet
• Hale-Bopp
• Tempel 1 and Deep Impact
• Other Comets

Space Telescopes

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Spitzer Space Telescope
• Chandra Observatory
• International Space Station

Uncrewed Probes

• Mars Lander - Viking
• Mars Lander - Pathfinder
• Mars Landers - Spirit and Opportunity
• Venus Landers
• Titan Lander - Huygens
• Sun Orbiter - SOHO
• Mercury Orbiter - Mariner 10
• Venus Orbiter - Magellan
• Mars Orbiter - Global Surveyor
• Mars Orbiter - Odyssey
• Mars Orbiter -
  Mars Express
• Jupiter Orbiter - Galileo
• Saturn Orbiter - Cassini
• Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11
• Voyager 1 and Voyager 2

THE MILKY WAY

Nebulae

• Discovery of Nebulae
• Molecular Clouds
• Interstellar Dust
• Cloud Collapse

Emission Nebulae

• Carina Nebula - Keyhole
• Carina Nebula - Star Formation
• Eagle Nebula - Pillars of Creation
• Eagle Nebula - Hidden Stars
• Lagoon Nebula
• N44F
• Trifid Nebula
• Ghost Head Nebula

Reflection Nebulae

• V838 Monocerotis
• Barnard's Merope Nebula
• Hubble's Variable Nebula

Dark Nebulae

• Horsehead Nebula
• Thackeray's Globules
• Barnard 68
• Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Protostars and Planetary Systems

• Star Formation
• Planetary System Formation
• Fomalhaut
• Extrasolar Planets

Stars

• Stellar Classification
• Red Dwarfs
• Brown Dwarfs

Giants

• Eta Carinae
• Wolf-Rayet Stars
• Red Giants

White Dwarfs

• Sirius A and B

Binary Stars

• Spectroscopic Binaries
• Eclipsing and Astrometric Binaries
• Binary Star Formation
• Close Binaries

Open Clusters

• Pleiades
• Trapezium Cluster

Globular Clusters

• Omega Centauri
• NGC 6397

Planetary Nebulae

• Retina Nebula
• Eight-Burst Nebula
• Helix Nebula
• Cat's Eye Nebula
• Ring Nebula
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Supernova Remnants

• Type I-A Supernova Remnants
• Type II Supernova Remnants
• Cassiopeia A
• Crab Nebula
• Neutron Stars and Pulsars
• Black Holes and Supernovae
• Other Black Holes

GALAXIES AND BEYOND

Local Group

• Large Magellanic Cloud
• Small Magellanic Cloud
• Andromeda - M31
• Triangulum Galaxy - M33
• Local Group Detail

Galaxies

Dwarf Galaxies

• NGC 1705
• I Zwicky 18

Lenticular/Elliptical Galaxies

• NGC 2787
• NGC 1316

Spiral Galaxies

• M74
• NGC 891
• NGC 3314 and NGC 3314b
• M81
• Pinwheel Galaxy - M101
• ESO 510-G13
• NGC 4736 (M94)
• Sombrero Galaxies - M104
• NGC 4013
• NGC 4622
• NGC 7331
• Black Eye/Sleeping Beauty/Evil Eye Galaxy - M64
• Whirlpool Galaxy - M51
• M66
• NGC 2403
• Other Spiral Galaxies

Barred Spiral Galaxies

• NGC 1300
• NGC 2903
• NGC 1365
• NGC 4639
• Other Galaxies

Active Galaxies, Interacting Galaxies, and Clusters

Starburst / Seyfert Galaxies

• M82
• NGC 7742
• NGC 4314
• NGC 3079
• NGC 3310

Black Holes

• M84
• NGC 7052
• NGC 4438
• NGC 4261

Active Galaxies

• M87
• 3C 31
• Fornax A
• Centaurus A
• NGC 6240
• Cygnus A

Interacting Galaxies

• The Mice - NGC 4676
• NGC 1275
• AMO644-741
• Arp 220
• NGC 4650A
• The Antennae Galaxies
• Hoag's Object
• NGC 6745
• Tadpole Galaxy (Arp 188)
• Cartwheel Galaxy
• NGC 2207 and IC 2163

Galaxy Groups

• Stephan's Quintet
• HCG 62
• Seyfert's Sextet
• HCG 87

Galaxy Clusters

• Abell 2029
• Abell 2218
• Centaurus Cluster
• 1E 0657-56
• CL 0024+1654
• Perseus Cluster
• Abell 3627
• MS 0735.6+7421
• Other Clusters

Cosmology and All-Sky Surveys

• First Stars from Spitzer
• EGRET All-Sky Map
• 2MASS Map
• WMAP
• Hubble Ultra Deep Field
• Chandra Deep Field North
• Einstein Cross - Hucra's Lens
• BATSE

Glossary Further Resources and Acknowledgments Index