Moore P. Atlas of the Universe

Facts On File, 2006. 753 p. ISBN:10:0-8160-5330-8 (На английском языке) Солидная энциклопедия космонавтики и астрономии, ориентированная на массового читателя. Около 3 тысяч статей, расположенных в алфавитном порядке. Приложения содержат библиографию печатных ресурсов, длинную хронологию значительных событий в астрономии и космонавтике и 13-страничную таблицу с названиями...

2011. - 304 p. The DK encyclopedia of space contains detailed information on every aspect of astronomy, space, and the universe. Entries are grouped into sections, so that all the information about planets, stars, galaxies, or spacecraft can be found together. Within each section are main entries. Each entry opens with an introduction to the subject, then goes into more detail...

Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2011. - 513 p. - This is the ultimate guided tour of our universe. From the fiery mass of the Sun's core to the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, take off into the farthest limits of space and discover our universe. Explore the latest discoveries in astronomy, spectacular star charts and stunning images from space probes and telescopes. It...

Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 406 pages. Complete color global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - are compiled for the first time in this important atlas. The satellites are revealed as four visually striking and geologically diverse planetary bodies: Io's volcanic lavas and plumes and towering mountains;...

Springer, 2011. - 242 p. - ISBN: 1441978100 Four hundred years ago in Middelburg, in the Netherlands, the telescope was invented. The invention unleashed a revolution in the exploration of the universe. Galileo Galilei discovered mountains on the Moon, spots on the Sun, and moons around Jupiter. Christiaan Huygens saw details on Mars and rings around Saturn. William Herschel...

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. – 2008. – 370 p. The catalog gathered by the French astronomer Charles Messier (1730–1817) has been the most popular compilation of astronomical objects beyond our Solar System for more than 200 years. It contains 110 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, among them most of the brightest and finest deep sky highlights that are visible from...