The invisible universe Book

	Introduction	6
	A Cosmic Primer	12
	Glossary	14
I	Orion and Monoceros	16
	The Orion and Horsehead Nebulae	18
	The Great Nebula in Orion	20
	The Trapezium Stars and Inner Orion Nebula	22
	The Horsehead Nebula	24
	Dust and Gas Adrift in Orion	28
	A Faint Nebula and Star Cluster in Orion	30
	The Cone Nebula	32
	The Rosette Nebula and Its Star Cluster	34
	The Pleiades	36
II	Argo Navis	38
	The Vela Supernova Remnant	40
	Structure in the Vela Supernova Remnant	42
	The Crab Nebula	44
	The Great Nebula in Carina	46
	Eta Carinae and the Keyhole Nebula	48
	The Jewel Box Cluster	50
	A Glactic Fountain in Carina	52
	The Toby Jug Nebula	54
	The Hand of God Cometary Globule	56
III	The South Celestial Pole	58
	The Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae	60
	The Large Magellanic Cloud	64
	A Star-Forming Region in Ara	66
	A Star Cluster and Dark Cloud in Ara	68
	A Hot Star in Norma	70
	A Spiral Planetary Nebula in Musca	72
	The Helix Planetary Nebula	74
	A Distorted Spiral Galaxy in Volans	76
	The Corona Australis Relection Nebula	78
IV	Ophiuchus and Scorpius	80
	Antares and the Nebulae Around Rho Ophiuchi	82
	The Rho Ophiuchi Nebula	84
	Antares and Its Reflection Nebula	86
	The Eagle Nebula	88
	A Distant Dark Cloud in Scorpius	90
	A Pair of Highly Obscured Nebulae	92
V	Sagittarius	94
	The Southern Milky Way	96
	The Center of the Trifid Nebula	98
	The Trifid Nebula	100
	The Lagoon Nebula	102
	Two Nebulosities in the Bow of Sagittarius	104
	The Star Fields of the Southern Milky Way	106
	Barnard 86 and an Open Star Cluster in the Milky Way	108
	The Omega Nebula in Serpens	110
VI	From Centaurus to Coma Berenices	112
	A Starburst Galaxy in Centaurus	114
	The Radio Galaxy Centaurus a	116
	The Globular Cluster Omega Centauri	118
	A Spiral Galaxy in Hydra	120
	The Sombrero Galaxy	122
	The Heart of the Virgo Cluster	128
App	The Messier Objects, 2000	130
App	The 50 Brightest Stars	131
App	A Southern Extension to the Messier Catalog	131
App	Astronomical Color Photography	132
	References and Further Reading	132
	Acknowledgments	133