Browsing by Subject "Galaxies"

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    • 3-D Atlas of Stars and Galaxies 

      Monkhouse, Richard; Cox, John (Springer, 2014)
      This astronomical atlas features not only conventional star and galaxy maps, but also spectacular three-dimensional stereographs (glasses provided). The book contains three sets of comprehensive full-sky maps that cover ...

    • Extragalactic background light measurements and applications 

      Cooray, Asantha (2016)
      This review covers the measurements related to the extragalactic background light intensity from γ-rays to radio in the electromagnetic spectrum over 20 decades in wavelength. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) remains ...

    • Gone with the heat 

      Zhang, Zhi-Yu; P. Papadopoulos, Padelis; R. J. Ivison (2016)
      Images of dust continuum and carbon monoxide (CO) line emission are powerful tools for deducing structural characteristics of galaxies, such as disc sizes, H2 gas velocity fields and enclosed H2 and dynamical masses. We ...

    • A Statistical and Multi-wavelength Study of Star Formation in Galaxies 

      Schreiber, Corentin (Springer, 2016)
      This thesis presents a pioneering method for gleaning the maximum information from the deepest images of the far-infrared universe obtained with the Herschel satellite, reaching galaxies fainter by an order of magnitude ...

    • Universe: Solar System, Stars, and Galaxies, 7th Edition 

      Seeds, Michael A.; Backman, Dana (Cengage Learning, 2011)
      With their best-selling astronomy textbook, UNIVERSE: SOLAR SYSTEM, STARS, AND GALAXIES, authors Mike Seeds and Dana Backman help you understand your place in the universe--not just your location in space but your role in ...