ROSAT, the ROentgen SATellite launched in 1990, has revealed an entirely new aspect of the night sky - that of objects emitting X-rays rather than the rays of light visible to the human eye. This lavishly illustrated book is the first to describe one of the most remarkable instruments in modern astronomy. It offers fascinating images and engaging accounts of a wide range of Solar-System and deep space objects such as Comet Hyakutake, the Sun, the Moon, and objects outside the Milky Way.
- ISBN13 9781461272229
- Publish Date 27 April 1999 (first published 13 April 1998)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Imprint Copernicus Books
- Edition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Format Paperback
- Pages 175
- Language English