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The guide to the galaxy
- Title
- The guide to the galaxy / Nigel Henbest and Heather Couper.
- Author
- Henbest, Nigel.
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, [1994], ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QB857.7 .H46 1994 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Couper, Heather.
- Description
- 265 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
- Subject
- Milky Way
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-252) and indexes.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The discovery of our Galaxy -- Ch. 2. The Local Group -- Ch. 3. Geography of the Galaxy -- Ch. 4. The Perseus Arm -- Ch. 5. The Orion Arm -- Ch. 6. Our local neighbourhood: a typical corner of the Galaxy -- Ch. 7. The Sagittarius Arm: within the Sun's orbit -- Ch. 8. The centre of the Galaxy.
- ISBN
- 0521306221
- 052145882X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 93008859
- OCLC
- ocm28291174
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries