The book covers three basic phases of HST’s history and legacy: (1) conceiving and selling the idea of a large orbiting optical telescope to astronomers, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the U.S. This book, which includes contributions from historians of science, key scientists and administrators, and one of the principal astronauts who led many of the servicing missions, is meant to capture the history of this iconic instrument. It is also the first telescope in space that has been utilized as effectively as if it were situated on a mountaintop here on earth, accessible for repair and improvement when needed. xvi + 220 pages, 78 figures, 2014.-The development and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have resulted in many rich legacies, most particularly in science and technology-but in culture as well. Hubble’s Legacy: Reflections by Those Who Dreamed It, Built It, and Observed the Universe with It.
Some principles which will be covered through this process are stellar evolution from the birth and death of stars, galaxy types, formation of galaxies, galactic interactions, life in the Universe, cosmology, and our place in the Universe. The teaching method I propose is the actual observations of the objects through a telescope, with the corresponding explanation. The range of objects is wide and contains some of the best examples of their type. This paper explores the value of the Messier Catalogue in the teaching of Astronomy and Earth Science. While the objective of Messier in compiling the catalogue was to guide comet hunters not to be confused by his objects which he thought looked like comets, the Messier Catalogue as it later became known became a standard guide to astronomers for a study of the sky’s “greatest hits” or the best samples of objects which can be observed and studied. The catalogue contains galaxies, emission nebulae, a supernova remnant, a double star, globular clusters, open clusters, an asterism, a star cloud, and planetary nebulae. The French astronomer Charles Messier (1730- 1817) compiled a catalogue of astronomical objects which reached109 innumber after additions by later astronomers were added.
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