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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Since its refurbishment in December 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed spectacular and intriguing details in every object it has turned its acute gaze upon. What discoveries has the HST made so far? How does this telescope actually work? And what is the scientific mission of the HST? This lavishly illustrated volume is the first to answer these questions in a complete review of the most exciting science to come from the Hubble Space Telescope. A superb collection of dramatic images taken by the HST is supported by a lively and informative, but nontechnical, guide to what these images tell us about our colorful and intrincate universe.

Beginning with and outline of the scientific goal of the HST, we are led through the excitement of its launch, the dismay after deployment, and relief on refitting. Then, following a clear explanation of just how the HST makes its observations, our exploration of the Universe begins. We are presented with fairly familiar objects -such as planets, star clusters and supernovae- but in detail never previously seen, as well as exotic objects such as black holes, active galactic nuclei, peculiar stars, optical jets and gravitational lenses that have eluded astronomers until quite recently.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Preface.

-Acknowledgments.

-1- Space Telescope: The Dream and the Reality.

-2- Observing the Universe.

-3- HST and the Solar System.

-4- Stars and the Interstellar Medium.

-5- Galaxies.

-6- Cosmology.

-Epilog: The Future of HST.

-Glossary.

-References and Further Reading.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

Every month we receive a shower of news about new findings by the Hubble telescope. We are getting so used to this fact that it is beginning to become pure routine. Nonetheless, after so many anxious years, it is quite possible that we are facing the device which may change our concept of the universe forever. We had never seen before so many new clues about how the universe is, nor had it ever happened in such a short time. And we have learned that many of our theories were wholly if not in part wrong.

This wonderful book puts the most important scientific tool of all ages within our reach, and it also shows us, we believe that for the first time ever, the widest range of its findings with a privileged graphic coverage. Quite probably, since its publication, the Hubble telescope will have discovered even more important facts (actually, this has already happened) and for this reason Hubble Vision will only be a momentary photograph of an instant in the present. Yet the effort it has supposed is well worth it. This is the best way to make what the Hubble is doing for us known, within everybody's reach, in an integrated, pleasant way. This is a historical moment. Let's enjoy it just as it deserves.