Infographics

The book contains 99 separate infographics split into nine sections. We felt that a selection of infographics from the book could be enhanced with interactivity or more up-to-date data. These are linked to below.

007One / Space exploration

039Two / Solar System

083Three / Telescopes

  • Optical telescopes: size matters
  • Atmospheric windows
  • The sky's the limit
  • The sky's not the limit
  • Radio telescopes: bigger and bigger
  • Telescope chronology
  • Megapixels
  • Resolution

101Four / The Sun

115Five / Stars

  • Constellations: northern (web bonus: All 88 constellations)
  • Constellations: southern
  • 3D Orion
  • Nearest stars
  • Proper motions
  • Brightest stars
  • Giant stars
  • Dwarf stars
  • Stellar classifications
  • Brightness and colour
  • Life cycle of stars
  • Supernovae
  • Pulsars
  • We are stardust
  • Precession

147Six / Galaxies

  • The Milky Way
  • The invisible galaxy
  • Polarisation of the Galaxy
  • Structure of the Milky Way
  • The local sheet of galaxies
  • The 30,000 nearest galaxies
  • The galactic zoo

163Seven / Cosmology

  • Empty space
  • Models of the Universe
  • The cosmological distance ladder
  • The cosmic web
  • What is the Universe made of?
  • Evolution of the Universe
  • Powers of ten

179Eight / Other worlds

  • Finding exoplanets
  • Exoplanet discoveries
  • All known exoplanets
  • Planetary systems
  • Earth-like
  • Are we alone?
  • Postcards From Earth
  • Earth calling
  • Light spheres
  • Messaging extra-terrestrial intelligence

201Nine / Miscellaneous