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The Making of History's Greatest Star Map

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  • Details one of the largest scientific undertakings of recent years

  • Illustrates the political and technical challenges of space projects

  • Describes the human scale of such an undertaking

  • Offers a concise and fascinating history of the advances in understanding the stars over two millennia

  • Provides a description of our present understanding of our place in the Universe

  • Features the insight of one of the scientific leaders of the project

Keywords

Death Stars Amateur astronomers Astrometry Astronomical satellite missions Big science projects Climate research Extra-solar planets Hipparcos satellite Star map

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