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Astronomy A VISUAL GUIDE US_001_Halftitle.indd 1 28/02/18 5:09 PM US_002_003_title.indd 2 28/02/18 5:09 PM Astronomy A VISUAL GUIDE IAN RIDPATH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS GILES SPARROW AND CAROLE STOTT US_002_003_title.indd 3 28/02/18 5:09 PM US_004-005_DPS.indd 4 28/02/18 5:09 PM US_004-005_DPS.indd 5 28/02/18 5:09 PM Revised Edition DK DELHI Senior Editor Arani Sinha Art Editor Priyanka Bansal Assistant Editors Rishi Bryan, Tanya Singhal Assistant Art Editor Kanupriya Lal Managing Editor Soma B. Chowdhury Managing Art Editor Govind Mittal Assistant Picture Researcher Vishal Ghavri Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon Senior DTP Designer Tarun Sharma DTP Designer Pawan Kumar Production Manager Pankaj Sharma Pre-Production Manager Balwant Singh Senior Jackets DTP Designer Harish Agarwal Contents Jacket Designers Suhita Dharamjit, Juhi Sheth Jackets Editorial Coordinator Priyanka Sharma Managing Jackets Editor Saloni Singh Introduction 8 DK LONDON Editors Francesco Piscitelli, Kate Taylor US Editors Kayla Dugger, Jennette ElNaggar History 14 Art Editor Renata Latipova Managing Editor Gareth Jones Senior Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths The beginnings of astronomy 16 Producer, Pre-Production David Almond Senior Producer Mandy Inness The rise of astrophysics 24 Jacket Designer Surabhi Wadhwa Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Our place in the Universe 26 AssociateJ aPcukbeltis Ehdinitgo rD iCrelacitroer G eLlilz Wheeler Into orbit 28 Art Director Karen Self The race to the Moon 30 Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf Shuttles and stations 32 First American Edition published in 2006 as Eyewitness Companions Astronomy Exploring the Solar System 36 This revised edition published in 2018 Published in the United States by DK Publishing Unlocking the stars 38 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Pushing the limits 40 Copyright © 2006, 2018 Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 18 19 20 21 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–308117–Aug/2018 Without limiting thAe lrl irgihgthst su nredseerr tvhed c. opyright reserved The Universe 44 above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in phoatnoyc ofoprymin,g o, r ebcyo arndyin mg,e oarn ost h(elrewctirsoen),i cw, imtheocuht atnhiec aplr, ior Origins 46 writte Gnr peeart mBrisitsaiionn b oyf Dthoer lcinpgy rKiginhdt eorwsnleeyr .L Pimubitleisdh ed in The structure of the Universe 48 A catalog record for this book The Big Bang 50 is availa IbSlBe Nfr 9o7m8 -th1e-4 L6i5b4ra-7ry3 6o2f -C2ongress. The frst stars and galaxies 54 Printed and bound in China The expanding Universe 58 The fate of the Universe 60 A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com US_006-007_Contents.indd 6 28/03/18 5:03 PM Phenomena 62 The Night Sky 144 Star classifcation 64 Stellar life cycles 66 Observation 146 Multiple stars and clusters 74 The appearance of the sky 148 Variable stars 76 Finding your way 152 Galaxies 78 Starting observing 154 Planets of other stars 83 Binoculars 156 Telescope astronomy 158 The Solar System 84 Astrophotography 162 Our Solar System 86 The Sun 90 The constellations 166 Mercury 96 Mapping the sky 168 Venus 98 Understanding the charts 172 Earth 100 Guide to the constellations 174 The Moon 104 Mars 114 Monthly sky guide 274 Jupiter 120 Saturn 126 Almanac 324 Uranus 132 Neptune 134 Pluto 136 Glossary 340 Comets and meteors 138 Index 344 Asteroids and meteorites 142 Acknowledgments 350 US_006-007_Contents.indd 7 28/02/18 5:09 PM US_008-009_DPS.indd 8 28/02/18 5:09 PM