YA. An appealing look at our universe. Presenting a concise historical overview of telescopes and their uses, the authors then concentrate on the Hubble Space Telescope itself, pointing out its instruments and the difficulties encountered with its primary mirror and other problems that arose. Successful missions to correct them are also discussed. The spectacular full-color photographs, a compilation of some of the more exciting images produced by the HST, are described in easy-to-understand language. In many cases, they are composites taken with various filters and are shown in false colors, making for extraordinary beautiful views of our universe. Technical information is provided with reference to the type of cameras, lenses, and filters used to produce each picture. The descriptions are thorough, informative, and well condensed. Amazingly, in spite of its brevity, the book details a majority of the types of objects in our solar system from the planets to stellar phenomena to extragalactic objects. This title provides the basics for acquiring not only accurate astronomical facts, but also information on photo-astronomy.?Darrell G. Ardoin, Pimmit Hills Alternative High School, Fairfax County Public Schools,
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'This superb collection of Hubble pictures, probably the best to date, comprising fifty-six astronomical objects and six other pictures including the HSP itself, and explanatory illustrations, is to be highly recommended.' Irish Astronomical Journal
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