Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Belts

• Main Author: Cooke, Antony (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

As probably the only book of its type, this work is aimed at the observer who wants to spend time with something less conventional than the usual fare. Because we usually see objects in space by means of illumination of one kind or another, it has become routine to see them only in these terms. Howe...

Table of Contents:

• The Nature of Unlit Gases and Dust, and Their Place in the Universe
• Defining Our Viewing Parameters and Methods
• Dark Nebulae
• Dark and Dusty Regions in Bright Diffuse Nebulae
• Dark Lanes in Star Clusters
• Dust Belts and Dark Features in Galaxies
• Dark Regions in Planetary Nebulae
• A Few Last Words.