Universe New Edition

Universe is divided into three main sections. The introduction is an overview of the basic concepts of astronomy. guide to the universe looks, in turn, at the solar system, the Milky Way (our home galaxy), and the regions of space that lie beyond. Finally, the night sky is a guide to the sky for the amateur skywatcher.

INTRODUCTION

This section is about the universe and astronomy as a whole. It is subdivided into three parts. what is the universe? looks at different kinds of objects in the universe and the forces governing how they behave and interact. the beginning and end of the universe covers the origin and history of the universe, while the view from earth explains what we see when we look at the sky.

GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE

This part of the book focuses on specific regions of space, starting from the Sun and then moving outward to progressively more distant reaches of the universe. It is divided into three sections, covering the solar system, the Milky Way, and features beyond the Milky Way. In each section, introductory pages describe features in a general way and explain the processes behind their formation. These pages are often followed by detailed profiles of actual features (such as individual stars), usually arranged in order of their distance from Earth.

THE NIGHT SKY

This section is an atlas of the night sky. It is divided into two parts. The first (the constellations) is a guide to the 88 regions into which astronomers divide the sky. It contains illustrated profiles of all the constellations arranged according to their position in the sky, with the most northerly ones first and the southernmost last. The second part (the monthly sky guide) is a month-bymonth guide containing a summary of the highlights for each month, detailed star charts, and charts showing the positions of the planets.