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edited by J.M. Rodri??guez Espinosa, A. Herrero, F. Sa??nchez |
Instrumentation for large telescopes |
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William Pearson |
An Introduction to Practical Astronomy |
OB0598 |
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Book |
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Edmund C. Sutton |
Observational astronomy: Techniques and Instrumentation |
024247 |
2012 |
Book |
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Lawrence N. Mertz |
Excursions in astronomical optics |
013776 |
1996 |
Book |
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Patrick Moore (ed.) |
Modern amateur astronomer |
012860 |
1995 |
Book |
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| Title | Instrumentation for large telescopes : VII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics |
| Author(s) | edited by J.M. Rodri??guez Espinosa, A. Herrero, F. Sa??nchez |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Abstract Note | A new generation of large, ground-based telescopes are just coming into operation. They will take astronomical research well into the next century. These extremely powerful telescopes demand specially designed instruments and observing techniques. The VII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics gathered together leading experts from around the world to review this technology. Based on the meeting, this timely volume presents eight specially written chapters covering all aspects of telescope instrumentation. This book provides an essential reference for all astronomers who will be the users of these large telescopes. It reviews both the challenges involved in designing successful instrumentation and the questions in astronomy they must address. We are taken from the fundamentals of astronomical imaging, low- and high-resolution spectroscopy, and polarimetry up to the state-of-the-art technology in adaptive optics and laser guide stars, interferometry, image pattern recognition, and optical, near and mid infrared arrays. This timely volume provides an excellent introduction for graduate students and an invaluable reference for researchers using the latest generation of large astronomical telescopes |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
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| Title | An Introduction to Practical Astronomy : Containing Tables for Facilitating the Reduction of Celestial Observations, and a Popular Explanation of their Construction and Use |
| Author(s) | William Pearson |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 544 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Abstract Note | Although astronomical guides were available in the early nineteenth century, they tended to come from continental presses and were rarely in English. This two-volume work by the clergyman and astronomer William Pearson (1767???1847) aimed, with brilliant success, to compile data from extant sources into one of the first English practical guides to astronomy. Most of the tables were updated and improved versions, and some were wholly reconstructed to streamline the calculation processes. Sir John Herschel dubbed it 'one of the most important and extensive works on that subject which has ever issued from the press', and for his efforts Pearson was awarded the gold medal of the Astronomical Society. First published in 1824, Volume 1 chiefly comprises extensive tables to facilitate the reduction of a range of astronomical observations, including solar and sidereal movements, alongside thorough instructions. In the history of science, Pearson's work reflects the contemporary challenges of celestial study |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
5. SPHERICAL ASTRONOMY
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| Title | Observational astronomy: Techniques and Instrumentation |
| Author(s) | Edmund C. Sutton |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| Description | xxiv, 394p. |
| Abstract Note | Astronomy is fundamentally an observational science and as such it is important for astronomers and astrophysicists to understand how their data are collected and analyzed. This book is a comprehensive review of current observational techniques and instruments. Featuring instruments such as Spitzer, Herschel, Fermi, ALMA, Super-Kamiokande, SNO, IceCube, the Auger Observatory, LIGO and LISA, the book discusses the capabilities and limitations of different types of instruments. It explores the sources and types of noise and provides statistical tools necessary for interpreting observational data. Due to the increasingly important role of statistical analysis, the techniques of Bayesian analysis are discussed, along with sampling techniques and model comparison. With topics ranging from fundamental subjects such as optics, photometry and spectroscopy, to neutrinos, cosmic rays and gravitational waves, this book is essential for graduate students in astronomy and physics. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781107010468 : UKP 45.00(HB) |
| Classification | 52-13
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY
5. PHOTOMETRY
6. POLARIMETRY
7. POSITIONAL ASTRONOMY
8. SPECTROSCOPY
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