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The Destinies of the Stars

Chapter 4: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Svante Arrhenius
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The author traces human star-worship and calendrical uses of celestial observation, then surveys the Milky Way’s structure and nebulae, stellar classification, and theories of stellar motion and evolution. He examines the climatic importance of water vapor and atmospheric physics, considers atmospheres and spectra of planets and moons, and discusses solar-system formation from nebular material and the long-term fates of stars and planets. Essays combine historical, observational, and theoretical perspectives to connect cultural astronomy, planetary environments, and cosmological processes, offering interpretations of how stellar and planetary evolution shape climates and the possibilities for life.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Fig.  1.—The Milky Way 46
Photo by Easton.
Fig.  2.—Planetary Nebula No. 7009, New General Catalogue 52
Fig.  3.—Nebula No. 4594, New General Catalogue 66
Fig.  4.—Nebula No. 101 in Messier’s Catalogue 70
Fig.  5.—Nebula No. 51 in Messier’s Catalogue 71
Fig.  6.—Milky Way Between Cassiopeia and Swan 76
According to Wolf.
Fig.  7.—Milky Way in Eagle and Sagittarius 76
According to Wolf.
Fig.  8.—The “trifid” Hole in Eagle 77
According to Wolf.
Fig.  9.—Tarim River With Lakes and Bayirs 96
According to Sven Hedin.
Fig. 10.—The Former Lake Bonneville in Utah 106
Fig. 11.—Jupiter, 1909 122
According to F. le Coultre.
Fig. 12.—Saturn, 1909 123
According to F. le Coultre.
Fig. 13.—Spectra of the Major Planets 124
According to V. M. Slipher.
Fig. 14.—Venus Observed by Langley in 1882 136
Fig. 15.—Rock Fissure at Hango, Sweden 204
Photo by I. I. Sederholm.
Fig. 16.—Earthquake Centers in Calabria 205
According to I. I. Sederholm.
Fig. 17.—Maps of Mars by Schiaparelli and Antoniadi At the end
Fig. 17a.—Maps of Mars by Schiaparelli and Antoniadi At the end
Fig. 18.—Photo of Mars by Lampland 210
Fig. 19.—Mars on April 8, 1909 210
According to Quenisset.
Fig. 20.—The South Pole Spot on Mars, 1909 210
According to Jarry Desloges.
Fig. 21.—Sandstorm on Mars, 1909 210
According to Antoniadi.
Fig. 22.—Cloud on Edge of Mars, the 7th of March, 1901 216
According to Molesworth.
Fig. 23.—Mars, July 11, 1907 216
According to Lowell.
Fig. 24.—Mars, October 6, 1909 216
According to Antoniadi.
Fig. 25.—Mercury 230
According to Lowell.
Fig. 26.—The Moon near the Crater Tycho 230
Photo from Yerkes Observatory.
Fig. 27.—Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis 231
Photo from Yerkes Observatory.
Fig. 28.—The Moon near its South Pole 240
Photo from Yerkes Observatory.
Fig. 29.—The Lunar Crater Copernicus and Vicinity 242
Photo from Yerkes Observatory.