Galaxies in the Universe
Subtitle: An Introduction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 21, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521597401
Subjects: Astrophysics; Galaxies, clusters, intergalactic matter; Science; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - Universe; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Astronomy - General; Cosmology; Galaxies
First sentence: Galaxies appear on the sky as huge clouds of light, thousands of light-years across: see the illustrations in Section 1.3 below.