A Guide to Hubble Space Telescope Objects Their Selection, Location,
From the authors of "How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites," this is a guide to connecting the view above with the history of recent scientific discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope. Each selected HST photo is shown with
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A Guide to Hubble Space Telescope Objects
Their Selection, Location, and Significance Graphics by Adam Chen The Patrick Moore
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/3192
A Guide to Hubble Space Telescope Objects
Their Selection, Location, and Significance James L. Chen Graphics by Adam Chen
Author James L. Chen Gore, VA, USA
Graphics Designer Adam Chen Baltimore, MD, USA
ISSN 1431-9756 ISSN 2197-6562 (electronic) The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series ISBN 978-3-319-18871-3 ISBN 978-3-319-18872-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18872-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940538 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover photo used with permission of NASA Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedicated to my wife Vickie and my two sons Adam and Alex, without whose inspiration, ideas, and suggestions this book could not have been accomplished.
Introduction
It was late November, 1990, around 8 o’clock in the evening. I had my newly acquired, 130 mm apochromatic refractor on a classic 1950s vintage weightdriven equatorial mount set up in my front yard, aimed at Mars during the 1990 opposition. My observing notes of that night reflect my enthusiasm for my new toy, as I described the sight of Mars at its closest approach as the size of a basketball! Just a slight case of hyperbole! Sitting on my observing chair, peering through my telescope eyepiece, trying to visually separate the low contrast subtle shades of yellow, yellow-orange, orange, red-orange, orange-red, and red that characterize Mars, my neighbor from across the street was just coming home from his job as a Hubble Space Telescope engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center. He had been working long hours since April, w
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