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- Book Title
- Coloring the Universe : An Insider's Look at Making Spectacular I
- ISBN
- 9781602232730
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Coloring the Universe : an Insider's Look at Making Spectacular Images of Space
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 10.5in
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Press
- Item Width
- 10.5in
- Item Weight
- 68.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 250 Pages
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With a fleet of telescopes in space and giant observatories on the ground, professional astronomers produce hundreds of spectacular images of space every year. These colorful pictures have become infused into popular culture; we find them on billboards, in commercials, and on our computers. But they also invite questions: Is this what outer space really looks like? Are the colors real? How are these images made? Coloring the Universe uses accessible language to describe how these giant telescopes work, what scientists learn with them, and how they are used to make color images. Both informative and beautiful, this book is filled with brilliant images of deep space as well as an insider's perspective by the people who make them.
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Publisher
University of Alaska Press
ISBN-10
1602232733
ISBN-13
9781602232730
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208640007
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Coloring the Universe : an Insider's Look at Making Spectacular Images of Space
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
250 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
10.5in
Item Weight
68.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Tr713.R43 2015
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Few things in life are more vibrant, more beautiful and more majestic than images of space. Thankfully, Coloring the Universe presents everything from nebulae, supernovas, distant galaxies and beyond in one jaw-dropping book., The winning astronomy book to get for anyone who loves and also is curious about the most beautiful images of the Universe, plus what they mean, is Coloring the Universe . With each image you look at after reading it, as well as images that you think back on that you've seen before, you'll wind up seeing more, not less, than you ever saw before. It's not just a beautiful glimpse into the Universe; it's a peek behind-the-scenes at how astronomers are creatively and artistically enabling humanity to see the full extent of what's present., Fascinating, beautiful, and educational. . . . Few things in life are more vibrant, more beautiful and more majestic than images of space. Thankfully, Coloring the Universe presents everything from nebulas, supernovas, distant galaxies and beyond in one jaw-dropping book., In an era when NASA's vast photographic archive is a click away and even the Curiosity Rover is on Instagram, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that photographing the cosmos is an amazing achievement and a complex process. Travis Rector reminds us of this in his excellent book, Coloring the Universe . Rector is an astronomer and an expert on the topic; he's used everything from the Hubble Space Telescope to the Very Large Array to make more than 250 photos during the past two decades. He and his co-authors, Kim Arcand and Megan Watzke of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, bring a photographer's sensibility to the book, explaining just how NASA made some of the stunning photos we too often take for granted., What singles this book out is how it lifts the curtain on the processes by which these spectacular images are made. There are explanations of the astrophysics of celestial objects, how telescopes and cameras capture and record light, as well as the software techniques used to create these striking images. . . . After reading it you'll probably never look at an astronomy image in quite the same way again., In an era when NASA's vast photographic archive is a click away and even the Curiosity Rover is on Instagram, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that photographing the cosmos is an amazing achievement and a complex process. Travis Rector reminds us of this in his excellent book, Coloring the Universe . Rector is an astronomer and an expert on the topic; he's used everything from the Hubble Space Telescope to the Very Large Array to make more than 250 photos during the past two decades. He and his co-authors, Kim Arcand and Megan Watzke of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, bring a photographer's sensibility to the book, explaining just how NASA made some of the stunning photos we too often take for granted., The winning astronomy book to get for anyone who loves and also is curious about the most beautiful images of the Universe, plus what they mean, is Coloring the Universe . With each image you look at after reading it, as well as images that you think back on that you've seen before, you'll wind up seeing more, not less, than you ever saw before. It's not just a beautiful glimpse into the Universe; it's a peek behind-the-scenes at how astronomers are creatively and artistically enabling humanity to see the full extent of what's present.
Table of Content
Foreword by David Malin Preface Acknowledgments 1. Human versus Telescope: Comparing Telescopic Vision with Human Vision Seeing is Believing Three Things a Telescope Does 2. This Is Not a Selfie: How Telescopes and Their Cameras Work How a "Visible-Light" Telescope Works Starlight, Camera, Action! Calibrating the Camera 3. Coloring the Universe: Broadband Images, and How We Use Color Show your True Colors Making Color in Photography Putting Color into Astronomical Images Broadband Filters 4. Color is Knowledge: What Scientists Learn from Color with Broadband Filters Stars in Living Color Diamonds and Dust The Colors of Galaxies 5. A Brief History of Astronomical Images: The History of How (and Why) Images are made The Era of Photographic Plates Astronomy for Everyone The Rise of the Electronic Camera The Year that Was 1994 Onward to the Future The Time is Now 6. The Marvel of Hydrogen: The Most Important Element and How we see it Element Number One The Birth of Stars Jets from Forming Stars Choosing the Colors 7. Seeing Red: How We See Color, and How We Use it How Our Eyes See Color Interpretation of Color Perception of Temperature Here and Far Not Paint by Numbers 8. Narrowband Imaging: Addition by Subtraction The spaces between the Notes Give me Oxygen When a Star Hits Empty Fifty Shades of Red The "Hubble Palette" and Beyond Big Stars go Bang 9. A Night in the Life: Observing with the Word's Largest Telescopes These are Professional Grade Reservations Required? Working Dusk till Dawn Remote Control 10. Outside the Rainbow: The electromagnetic spectrum, different kinds of Light The Electromagnetic Spectrum Radio, Radio Microwaves: More than the Oven Infrared: Can You Feel the Heat? Visible: The Tiny Slice You Can See Ultraviolet: Light My Way X-rays: Beyond the Dentist's Office Gamma Rays: Light to the Extreme The Visible Made Visible 11. Photoshopping the Universe: What Do Astronomers Do? What Do Astronomers Not Do? From Data to an Image Enter Photoshop Cleaning the Image What Not to Do 12. The Aesthetics of Astrophysics: Principles of Composition Applied to the Universe The Sharpness of an Image Color Contrasts The Composition of an Image Structure and Detail The Natural and Supernatural Anatomy of and Image: Breakdown of the Pillars of Creation Scientific and Beautiful Epilogue: Seeing the Eye (and Hand) of God: Pareidolia, or Seeing Faces/Objects in Astronomical Imagery Notes Resources Index
Copyright Date
2015
Topic
Astrophotography, General, Astronomy
Lccn
2014-049536
Dewey Decimal
778.3/5
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Photography, Science
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