Galaxies in Turmoil: The Active and Starburst Galaxies and the Black Holes That Drive Them

by Christopher R. Kitchin

Astronomers' Universe Series is a new series aimed at active amateur astronomers but is appropriate to a wider audience of astronomically-informed readers. The book provides an up-to-date account of active galaxies. Lists of such objects and their visual and imaged appearance in commercially available telescopes are an important component of this book. The book makes sense of the chaotic and apparently innumerable types of violently active galaxies. It provides the data and teaches the skills needed for users of small telescopes to observe and image some of these "galaxies in turmoil" for themselves.

312 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Christopher R. Kitchin AKA Chris Kitchin & C.R. Kitchin

Reviews

[Arko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a nice book for beginners in the field of Astronomy. Very crisp content with relevant photographic images, giving a basic idea on types of galaxies with special importance towards types of Active Galactic Nuclei and appreciable work done in tabulating various Active Galaxies, with their characteristic details and valuable comments from various observers. Author also provided supportive explanation of relevant terms and phenomena associated with the subject in separate boxes within each chapters. All in all it is a very interesting book.