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Table of Contents
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Overview of the Universe					1
Ch. 2	Observing the Universe					12
Ch. 3	The Moving Sky					33
Ch. 4	Orbits and Gravity					48
Ch. 5	The Earth - Moon System					66
Ch. 6	Worlds Beyond: The Planets					82
Ch. 7	Wandering Fragments: Minor Members of the Solar System					103
Ch. 8	The Sun: Our Neighborhood Star					117
Ch. 9	Stars: Basic Properties					134
Ch. 10	Nebulas and the Birth of Stars and Planets					154
Ch. 11	Stellar Life Cycles					171
Ch. 12	Collapsing, Exploding, and Interacting Stars					182
Ch. 13	The Milky Way and Other Galaxies					197
Ch. 14	Active Galaxies and Quasars					217
Ch. 15	Cosmology: Beginnings and Endings					231
Ch. 16	Wider Issues					252
App. 1	Units of Measurement and Physical Constants					261
App. 2	Solar System Data					263
App. 3	The Brightest and Nearest Stars					265
	App. 4 Glossary					267
	Picture Credits					283
	Index					287