Astronomers' Universe Series is a new series aimed at active amateur astronomers but is appropriate to a wider audience of astronomically-informed readers. The book provides an up-to-date account of active galaxies. Lists of such objects and their visual and imaged appearance in commercially available telescopes are an important component of this book. The book makes sense of the chaotic and apparently innumerable types of violently active galaxies. It provides the data and teaches the skills needed for users of small telescopes to observe and image some of these "galaxies in turmoil" for themselves.
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"Kitchin … explores the physical conditions in the regions of the nuclei of galaxies. … Kitchin enumerates the many types of active galaxies whose properties are revealed by observations at wavelengths ranging from X-rays through optical and infrared to the longest radio bands. … this book contains a useful appendix that clarifies the relationship among the types of active galaxies and quasars. A lengthy table lists all the optically brightest examples. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers." (D. E. Hogg, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (5), January, 2008)
"The text is written at a level appropriate for undergraduate students, and its intended audience also includes amateur astronomers. … Overall, the text is direct. A few stories of key episodes in understanding galaxies reveal the path of scientific discovery. … The topics covered are of interest to students, and to the best of my knowledge, no other book provides a similar focus at a comparable level. … Galaxies in Turmoil would make an excellent introduction for beginning research students." (Nancy A. Levenson, Physics Today, June, 2008)
"This text, written for college students, discusses current theory on active galaxies and supermassive black holes. … aimed more at amateur astronomers and provides tips on how to observe active galaxies using small optical telescopes." (Contemporary Physics, Vol. 50 (2), March-April, 2009)
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Active galaxies involve some of the most extreme conditions and some of the most intriguing phenomena found anywhere in the universe.
Written for amateur astronomers, school and college science students and for those with a more general interest in science, Galaxies in Turmoil provides a readable, non-mathematical account of one of the hottest areas of astronomical research.
Observing details are given for 160 active galaxies, all of which are within the reach of amateur astronomers using small to medium-sized telescopes. There are tips on observing galaxies and active galaxies using binoculars and small to medium telescopes, along with a guide to imaging galaxies with CCD cameras.
Galaxies in Turmoil is equally suitable for practical amateur astronomers, or as a text for college courses including galaxies, active galaxies, quasars, deep-space objects and large-scale astronomy, up to the final year of an astrophysics, physics or science degree.
Research students - and even established research astronomers - will also find this book invaluable as a quick reference to the properties of, and phenomena within, those types of active galaxies that may be outside their specialisms.
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classical galaxies, big blue bump, receding jet, quasar era, innermost stable orbit, molecular torus, reverberation mapping, using averted vision, starburst galaxies, galaxy core, active galaxies, radio lobes, relativistic beaming, approaching jet, central black hole, starburst regions, radio galaxies, host galaxy, broad emission lines, radio galaxy, first quasar, accretion disk, starburst galaxy, host galaxies, normal galaxies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way Galaxy, Big Bang, Apparent Comments, Continued Apparent, Turmoil Figure, Turmoil Table, Active Galactic Nuclei, One of Seyfert, Sir William Herschel, Maarten Schmidt, Great Debate, Benjamin Markarian, Mount Wilson Browse Sample Pages:
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classical galaxies, big blue bump, receding jet, quasar era, innermost stable orbit, molecular torus, reverberation mapping, using averted vision, starburst galaxies, galaxy core, active galaxies, radio lobes, relativistic beaming, approaching jet, central black hole, starburst regions, radio galaxies, host galaxy, broad emission lines, radio galaxy, first quasar, accretion disk, starburst galaxy, host galaxies, normal galaxies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way Galaxy, Big Bang, Apparent Comments, Continued Apparent, Turmoil Figure, Turmoil Table, Active Galactic Nuclei, One of Seyfert, Sir William Herschel, Maarten Schmidt, Great Debate, Benjamin Markarian, Mount Wilson Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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