Product Description

This lavishly illustrated photographic exploration of the universe will delight everyone intrigued by the night sky. This is the finest collection of colour photographs of star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae ever published. Working with the world’s most sophisticated telescopes and his own revolutionary techniques, world renowned astronomical photographer David Malin captures distant worlds and phenomena in their astonishing colours. These unique pictures are accompanied by nontechnical captions and a lucid text accessible and inspiring to the general reader as well as to astronomers and photographers. The foremost astronomical photographer in the world, David Malin is the discoverer of an enigmatic galaxy now known as Malin-1 and the co-author of Colours of the Stars and Catalogue of the Universe, both published by Cambridge University Press. His photographs have appeared in locations as diverse as Australian postage stamps and the cover of Life magazine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1302261 in Books
• Published on: 1993-11-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 284 pages

Review
‘As an account of the technical problems of photographing stars, nebulae and galaxies, the book fascinates but, as well as brain food, it also provides a gourmet feast of images, as Malin takes the reader on a tour through the Universe.’ New Scientist

‘ … anecdotal style text with stunning beautiful photos make this book well worth purchasing.’ Auroka

‘ … reviewing one like this is a pleasure. Bu it and you’ll see what I mean.’ Astronomy Now

‘This colourful view of the Universe is again most welcome, and the book contains inspiring pictures for the amateur and young and old professional.’ Irish Astronomical Journal

‘ … this book displays the finest examples of Malin’s work, with a deftly written text that imparts the scientific lessons to be learned from the photographs and the subtle colours they reveal.’ Popular Astronomy

Customer Reviews

Excellant photography and clear easily understood text
D F Malin has a reputation for excellant and exciting astronomy photographs. The book starts by giving the origins of the authors photographic techniques and experiences. Many problems and accidents , followed by photographic technique and film technology improvements, all help to achieve the results pictured in the book. The text guides the reader through how the pictures are achieved, what they show and how scientists make use of the information. Two startling statements are noted: Don't expect to see through a telescope any thing pictured in the book, even colour is rarely discerned. Secondly, a library of pictures on old film plates is being studied many years after the photographs were taken, because there is more data than personel can cope with. Excellant read for the technical and non- technical reader. A bookshelf must. Hope there are more to follow.