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Author | Title | Accn# | Year | Item Type | Claims |
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Frederick Chromey |
To measure the sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy |
026248 |
2016 |
Book |
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| 2 |
N. Ageorges (ed.) |
Laser guide star adaptive optics for astronomy: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute Cargese, France September 29 - |
026010 |
2000 |
Book |
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| 3 |
Guang-ming Dai |
Wavefront optics for vision correction |
025569 |
2008 |
Book |
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| 4 |
Swapan Kumar Saha |
Aperture synthesis: Methods and applications to optical astronomy |
024107 |
2011 |
Book |
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| 5 |
Vladimir P. Lukin |
Adaptive beaming and imaging in the turbulent atmosphere |
023403 |
2002 |
Book |
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| 6 |
Swapan K. Saha |
Diffraction-limited imaging with large and moderate telescopes |
021620 |
2007 |
Book |
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| 7 |
Scitt W. Teare |
Introduction to image stabilization |
021371 |
2006 |
Book |
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| 8 |
MOTAMEDI, MANOUCHEHR E. |
MOEMS: Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems |
021372 |
2005 |
Book |
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| 9 |
Robert K. Tyson |
Introduction to adaptive optics |
016723 |
2000 |
Book |
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| 10 |
Daniel J. Schroeder |
Astronomical optics |
016708 |
2000 |
Book |
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| Title | To measure the sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Frederick Chromey |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xiv, 461p |
| Abstract Note | With a lively yet rigorous and quantitative approach, Frederick R. Chromey introduces the fundamental topics in optical observational astronomy for undergraduates. Focussing on the basic principles of light detection, telescope optics, coordinate systems and data analysis, students are introduced to modern astronomical observation techniques and measurements. Cutting-edge technologies such as advanced CCD detectors and adaptive optics are presented through the physical principles on which they are based, helping students understand the power of modern space and ground-based telescopes, and the motivations and limitations of future development. Discussion of statistics and measurement uncertainty enables students to confront the important questions of data quality. With a purposeful structure and clear approach, this is an essential resource for all students of observational astronomy. It explains the theoretical foundations for observational practices and reviews essential physics to support students' mastery of the subject. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781107572560 : 44.99 |
| Classification | 52-13
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ADAPTIVE OPTICS
2. CCD DETECTORS
3. DATA ANALYSIS
4. INSTRUMENT DESIGN
5. INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROMETERS
6. LIGHT DETECTION
7. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY
8. OBSERVING TECHNIQUES
9. TELESCOPE
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| Item Type | Book |
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| Title | Laser guide star adaptive optics for astronomy: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute Cargese, France September 29 - October 10, 1997 |
| Author(s) | N. Ageorges (ed.);C. Dainty (ed.) |
| Publication | Dordrecht, 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers
2. Springer, 2000. |
| Description | xxiii, 340p. |
| Series | (NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences) |
| Abstract Note | Adaptive optics allows the theoretical limit of angular resolution to be achieved from a large telescope, despite the presence of turbulence. Thus an eight meter class telescope, such as one of the four in the Very Large Telescope operated by ESO in Chile, will in future be routinely capable of an angular resolution of almost 0.01 arcsec, compared tot he present resolution of about 0.5 arcsec for conventional imaging in good condition.
All the world's major telescopes either have adaptive optics or are in the process of building AO systems. It turns out that a reasonable fraction of the sky can be observed using adaptive optics, with moderately good imaging quality, provided imaging in done in the near IR. To move out of the near IR, with its relatively poor angular resolution, astronomers need a laser guide star. There is a layer of Na atoms at approximately 90 km altitude that can be excited by a laser to produce such a source, or Rayleigh scattering can be employed lower in the atmosphere. But the production and use of laser guide stars is not trivial, and the key issues determining their successful implementation are discussed here, including the physics of the Na atom, the cone effect, tilt determination, sky coverage, and numerous potential astronomical applications. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780792363817 : Euro 194.99(HB) |
| Classification | 520:681.782(069)
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ADAPTIVE OPTICS
2. CONE EFFECT
3. Mathematical and Physical Sciences; 551
4. OPTOELECTRONICS
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| Item Type | Book |
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| Title | Aperture synthesis: Methods and applications to optical astronomy |
| Author(s) | Swapan Kumar Saha |
| Publication | New York, Springer, 2011. |
| Description | xxiii, 466p. |
| Series | (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) |
| Abstract Note | Over the years long baseline optical interferometry has slowly gained in importance and today it is a powerful tool. This timely book sets out to highlight the basic principles of long baseline optical interferometry. The book addresses the fundamentals of stellar interferometry with emphasis on aperture synthesis using an array of telescopes particularly at optical/IR wavelengths. It discusses the fundamentals of electromagnetic fields, wave optics, interference, diffraction, and imaging at length. There is a chapter dedicated to radio and intensity interferometry corroborating with basic mathematical steps. The basic principle of optical interferometry and its requirements, its limitations and the technical challenges it poses, are also covered in depth. Assisted by illustrations and footnotes, the book examines the basic tricks of the trade, current trends and methods, and it points to the potential of true interferometry both from the ground and space. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441957092 : Eur 99.95(HB) |
| Classification | 520:681.782
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ADAPTIVE OPTICS
2. HIGH RESOLUTION ASTRONOMY
3. IMAGE PROCESSING
4. OPTICAL ASTRONOMY
5. OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY
6. RADIO INTERFEROMETRY
7. SPECKLE IMAGING
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