Abstract: From northerly latitudes, there is a part of the heavens that we never see and a part that has such a low elevation when it rises in the south that we do not see it well. This region covers the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy, containing many beautiful clusters and nebulae, our two nearest galactic neighbours, the Magellanic Clouds, a star that may well be the next nearby supernova, a pair of colliding galaxies, and a globular cluster containing ‘musical’ stars. This chapter aims to introduce you to this most beautiful part of the heavens.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-09-25
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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