Containing 2400 entries, this dictionary encompasses all aspects of classical and modern astronomy and gives the names of constellations, stars, galaxies, asteroids, comets, nebulae and observatories. Exact definitions of terms used in astrophysics and cosmology allow access to the most up-to-date research. A wide range of phenomena, from blazars and black holes to runaway stars and the Hawking effect, are carefully explained.
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Jacqueline Mitton edited the Journal of the British Astronomical Associaton from 1987 to 1993 and has been Public Relations Officer of the Royal Astronomical Society since 1989. She lives in Cambridge.
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