A Small And Distant Galaxy The Fourth Quadrant

Author : Susannah Israel
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798886936391

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A Small and Distant Galaxy: The Fourth Quadrant by Susannah Israel Pdf

After many years lost in space, very far from Earth, human explorers arrive in an unknown galaxy and settle in an uninhabited corner of it. We find the human colonists divided and living on different planets, over five hundred years later. A young farmer and his telepathic animal friend team up with a bioengineered detective to retrace their hidden history, venturing into the remotest part of the galaxy against all advice. They find unexpected answers on an ancient world under a dying red sun, but the greatest challenge remains - how to heal the splintered cultures and reunite the xenophobic colonists after so many centuries of separation.

Author : Susannah Israel
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798889100478

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A Small and Distant Galaxy: The Third Quadrant by Susannah Israel Pdf

Book 2 follows a science survey into the Third Quadrant, a desolate wasteland left by ancient asteroids. Scenes of friends and family back on the crew’s home planets are woven through the story. New characters join with major and minor characters we met in the first book to crew the expedition. They explore a desert planet and intervene in the shunning of a young cave dweller, who joins them on the ship. While surveying an unexpected gas giant, they lose a crew member to its toxic gas cloud. The expedition crew moves on, not knowing he survived, and we follow his healing and acceptance into the planet’s forest culture. The third planet the crew finds is too massive to approach, but the debris orbiting it proves to hold important clues. The different threads of narrative in the book come together as a shift in the currents of time and space, leaving people with very different memories of shared reality. The crew return home, but there are several surprises on the way. They find their lost crew member again, mourning for the love he left behind. Back on their home planets, there is still one more mystery to resolve.

Author : W. Becker,G. Contopoulos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401032759

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The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy by W. Becker,G. Contopoulos Pdf

The idea of the organization of a Symposium on Spiral Structure came at a special meeting of Commission 33 on Spiral Structure during the 12th General Assembly of the IAU in Prague, 1967. So much interest was shown during this meeting that one of us proposed a special Symposium on the 'Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy' for 1969. The response was immediate and it was finally agreed upon holding the Symposium in Basel, a center of galactic research in the center of Europe. During the next months a special 'List of Problems', related to this Symposium, was sent to many prospective participants by the president of Commission 33. This stimulated an increase of interest in problems of galactic spiral structure and a con centrated effort on some problems. The organizing Committee of the Symposium was composed of Drs. L. Woltjer (president), W. Becker, A. Blaauw, B. J. Bok, G. Contopoulos, F. J. Kerr, C. C. Lin, S. W. McCuskey and S. B. Pikel'ner. Most of the work for the organization of the Symposium was carried by Dr. L. W oltjer. The Local Committee, composed of Drs. W. Becker, U. W. Steinlin, R. P. Fenkart, and G. A. Tammann, made every effort to secure the success of the Symposium. Most of the credit goes to Dr. Steinlin. The Symposium was supported financially by the IAU and by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The meetings took place at the University of Basel, which provided also secretarial help and many other facilities.

Author : Terry Rowan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329621718

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Adventures in Outer Space Film Guide by Terry Rowan Pdf

Author : Carl Fichtel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : UOM:39015015979001

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The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium by Carl Fichtel Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015022348349

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NASA Conference Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dain William Kavars
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P010386631

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Neutral Hydrogen Self-absorption in the Milky Way Galaxy by Dain William Kavars Pdf

Author : W.B. Burton,F.P. Israël
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400972179

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Surveys of the Southern Galaxy by W.B. Burton,F.P. Israël Pdf

Problems associated with a general scarcity of observations of the southern sky have persisted since the present era of galactic research began some sixty years ago. In his 1930 Halley Lecture A. S. Eddington commented on the observational support given to J. H. Oort's theory of galactic rotation by the stellar radial velocities measured by Plaskett o 0 and Pearce: " . . . out of 250 stars only 4 were between 193 and 343 0 galactic longitude [=£1: 225

Author : G.E. Morfill,R. Buccheri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400972087

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Galactic Astrophysics and Gamma-Ray Astronomy by G.E. Morfill,R. Buccheri Pdf

This book contains the invited and contributed lectures presented at a meeting organised in the context of the XVIII general assembly ofthe IAU, held in Patras, August 19, 1982. Roughly one hundred scientists attended this meeting, the discussions were livel- sometimes heated - and the original time span allocated to the meeting was as a result, comfortably exceeded by about 50 % . The aim of this meeting was to determine the role of galactic gamma-ray astronomy within the general concept of galactic astrophysics. The timing, at the end of the COS-B mission, was regarded as opportune, because it gives interested astrophysicists the possibility for interdisciplinary studies using the existing gamma-ray data base (e.g. comparison with infrared, radio, X-ray, etc. astronomies), as well as for theoretical studies. The next generation of gamma-ray detectors will probably not be in operation for another 5 to 10 years, and therefore it is hoped that the proceeding of this meeting can be used (in the intermediate time) as a basis for further studies, as a stimulation for more theoretical work and as an important contribution for defining the aims and operation of future gamma-ray missions. The interrelationship with other branches of astronomy, the astrophysical implications and the study of relevant physical processes using available measurements in the near-Earth environment were important results of the meeting. Many persons contributed to the success of the meeting, in particular all those who either presented a contribution and/or took part in the discussions.

Author : Ronald L. Snell,Stanley Kurtz,Jonathan Marr
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429649776

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Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy by Ronald L. Snell,Stanley Kurtz,Jonathan Marr Pdf

As demonstrated by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy has contributed greatly to our understanding of the Universe. Courses covering this subject are, therefore, very important in the education of the next generation of scientists who will continue to explore the Cosmos. This textbook, the second of two volumes, presents an extensive introduction to the astrophysical processes that are studied in radio astronomy. Suitable for undergraduate courses on radio astronomy, it discusses the physical phenomena that give rise to radio emissions, presenting examples of astronomical objects, and illustrating how the relevant physical parameters of astronomical sources can be obtained from radio observations. Unlike other radio astronomy textbooks, this book provides students with an understanding of the background and the underlying principles, with derivations available for most of the equations used in the textbook. Features: Presents a clear and concise discussion of the important astronomical concepts and physical processes that give rise to both radio continuum and radio spectral line emission Discusses radio emissions from a variety of astronomical sources and shows how the observed emissions can be used to derive the physical properties of these sources Includes numerous examples using actual data from the literature

Author : Leo Blitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401128131

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The Center, Bulge, and Disk of the Milky Way by Leo Blitz Pdf

Our view of our Galaxy has recently been undergoing an increasing divergence from the traditional standpoint. In this book ten authors discuss in eight chapters how the conceptions of the Milky Way have moved in new directions. Starting with the inner parsec and the Center of the Galaxy, the book gradually moves on to the bulge and its relation to the globular clusters and to the disk, of which the presence of a bar is argued. A new look on the HI distribution in the disk, a synthesis of molecular line surveys and the study of stellar populations are discussed in the last three chapters.

Author : Jeremy Walsh,Ivan J. Danziger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540492153

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Science with the VLT by Jeremy Walsh,Ivan J. Danziger Pdf

ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VLT in Chile, will certainly provide a host of new results in optical astronomy for the years to come. Here now is a survey of numerous possible observations together with the necessary instrumentation, thus affording an exciting overview of frontline research in astronomy rarely published before. The book runs the gamut of optical-IR astronomy from the solar system, the search for planets in nearby stars, the physics of galactic stars and clusters, AGN and quasars, right up to large structure and cosmology. Furthermore, it summarizes the two panel discussions held during the workshop.

Author : Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1433 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662123706

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Literature 1989, Part 1 by Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Pdf

From the reviews: "Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969 and it has already become one of the fundemental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics and neighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. ...The abstracts are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world." Space Science Review# "Dividing the whole field plus related subjects into 108 categories, each work is numbered and most are accompanied by brief abstracts. Fairly comprehensive cross-referencing links relevant papers to more than one category, and exhaustive author and subject indices are to be found at the back, making the catalogues easy to use. The series appears to be so complete in its coverage and always less than a year out of date that I shall certainly have to make a little more space on those shelves for future volumes." The Observatory Magazine#

Author : Wilfried Boland,Hugo van Woerden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400954786

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Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups by Wilfried Boland,Hugo van Woerden Pdf

Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, September 24-26, 1984 in honour of Adriaan Blaauw on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521554918

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Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes by Anonim Pdf

Superbly illustrated, up-to-date, expanded version of Hartung's indispensable guide, useful to amateur and expert observers.