about the book
- The book focuses on the dazzling beauty and wonder of the night sky, with engaging and easy to understand explanations of what the reader is seeing
- The stunning photos chosen for the book are from various published and unpublished sources, including Hubble, the ESO collection, the Danish 1.5-m Telescope collection, and the personal collection of Robert Gendler
- Very comprehensive and modern photographic book of the southern deep sky
- The pictures encompass a range of sizes, from the distant views of hobby telescopes to the eagle-eye vision of the large professional ground-based and space-based telescopes
The beauty and richness of the southern night sky is unsurpassed. From southern latitudes the finest globular clusters in the sky are visible to the unaided eye, as are the nearest galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. The brightest part of the Milky Way passes overhead during the southern winter and both the nearest bright star and the distinctive and memorable asterism that is the Southern Cross are both observable throughout most of the year. |
Despite its richness, the southern sky has received less attention than its northern counterpart, and fewer photographs exist of its more obscure, yet equally surprising and intriguing objects. This visual anthology features striking photographic portraits of the most celebrated as well as its more obscure gems. The finest available images have been carefully selected have been assembled using the latest digital methods, revealing these southern treasures in ways never before seen. |
“Treasures of the Southern Sky” celebrates the remarkable beauty and rich variety of the southern sky in words and with world-class imagery. In part a photographic anthology of deep sky wonders south of the celestial equator, this book also celebrates the human story of southern astronomy with an engaging and detailed history of key contributors to southern sky exploration. The accompanying text provides the reader with intriguing facts and useful information about the featured objects. |
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