By Mary Baumann, Will Hopkins, Michael Soluri and Loralee Noletti. Foreword by Stephen Hawking.
The perfect guide book for the armchair astronaut has arrived! Featuring some of the most remarkable photos ever taken of our universe, this is a treasure for novice or seasoned star-gazers. Organized thematically into nebulas, stars, suns, planets, galaxies and the origins of the universe, the entries cover everything from asteroids to white dwarfs. Includes special sections on the apparatus used to capture such striking images and a foreword by famed physicist Hawking.