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Challenge of the Stars (with Patrick Moore) (1972), revised as New Challenge of the Stars 1978; Galactic Tours (with Bob Shaw) (1981) Atlas of the Solar System (1982/1986) Visions of Space (Dragon's World, 1989) Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy (text by Chris Morgan]; Paper Tiger UK/Sterling US 2001)
An interstellar cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies. But differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average region of the interstellar medium, the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.
View of the night sky in July The day's blue sky, clouds and the Moon. The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, the sky is also called the ...
Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature reflects this by separating the category of "Sky-god" (A210) from that of "Star-god" (A250). In mythology, nighttime gods are usually known as night deities and gods of stars simply as star gods. Both of these categories are included here since they relate to the sky.
Get your telescope ready in September, when Saturn will take center stage in the sky and shine brighter than at any other point in the year. The planet will reach opposition on Sept. 21, around ...
Technically not star clusters, star clouds are large groups of many stars within a galaxy, spread over very many light-years of space. Often they contain star clusters within them. The stars appear closely packed, but are not usually part of any structure. [17] Within the Milky Way, star clouds show through gaps between dust clouds of the Great ...
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” “My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”
The Large Sagittarius Star Cloud is the brightest visible region of the Milky Way galaxy, a portion of the central bulge seen around the thick dust of the Great Rift which lines the northwest edge. It should not be confused with the nearby Small Sagittarius Star Cloud , which lies about 10° to the north. [ 1 ]