Exploring the Southern Sky : A Pictorial Atlas From the European Southern Observatory (ESO)

The photographs that appear in this book have been taken with the telescopes of ESO, the European Southern Observatory, a cooperative venture of eight countries, On the occasion of its 25th anniversary the European Sou- thern Observatory (ESO), is publishing a selection from its photographic treasures of the southern skies: 90 colour and 147 black and white plates have been reproduced. Thirty maps make it easy to locate the objects shown. Part 1 is devoted to extragalactic phenomena. Part 2 deals with our Galaxy. Part 3contains the results from observations of minor bo- dies in the solar system(asteroids and comets with an em- phasis on the most beautiful Halley's comet photographs). The final part presents the Observatory itself. Front Matter....Pages I-VI Introduction....Pages 1-1 A Guide to this Book....Pages 2-4 The Universe and its Galaxies....Pages 5-116 The Milky Way Galaxy....Pages 117-192 Minor Bodies in the Solar System....Pages 193-220 The Southern Sky and ESO....Pages 221-256 Back Matter....Pages 257-274