A Guide to the Cosmos, in Words and Images ( Book review - The New York Times )

[laurent-paul]

<p><em>[...] In 30 years of covering astronomy, I had never heard of the Witch Head Nebula until I came across a haunting two-page spread showing it snaking across an inky black star-speckled background in “Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle,” an exquisite picture guide to the universe by Michael Benson, a photographer, journalist and filmmaker, and obviously a longtime space buff. [...]</em><br>

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/science/05books.html?hpw">Here is the link : NYT</a><br>

Some amazing images in this book !</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>A very good daily link into such things is the "Astronomy Picture of the Day" site from NASA (<a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">link</a> ). Of special interest is the <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html">Archive</a> . There you will find the Witch Head Nebula (e.g., <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091229.html">Dec 29</a> ) and many others in abundance.</p>

<p>I use a random selection of these (if you click on the image, you get a larger image) as my desktop picture.</p>