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Title Astronomical photometry : past, present, and future / E.F. Milone, C. Sterken, editors
Published New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Astrophysics and space science library, 0067-0057 ; 373
Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 373
Contents Astronomical Photometry; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Photometric Precision and Accuracy; The High Road to Astronomical Photometric Precision: Differential Photometry; High Precision Differential Photometry with CCDs:A Brief History; The Pierce-Blitzstein Photometer; Johnson Photometry and Its Descendants; The Rise and Improvement of Infrared Photometry; On the Use of Photometry in Spectral Classification; Absolute Photometry: Past and Present; Optical Region Spectrophotometry: Past and Present; Measurement of Polarized Light in Astronomy; Index
Summary This book will bring together experts in the field of astronomical photometry to discuss how their subfields provide the precision and accuracy in astronomical energy flux measurements that are needed to permit tests of astrophysical theories. Differential photometers and photometry, improvements in infrared precision, the improvements in precision and accuracy of CCD photometry, the absolute calibration of flux, the development of the Johnson UBVRI photometric system and other passband systems to measure and precisely classify specific types of stars and astrophysical quantities, and the curr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Astronomical photometry.
Astrometry.
NATURE -- Sky Observation.
Physique.
Astronomie.
Astrometry
Astronomical photometry
Form Electronic book
Author Milone, E. F., 1939-
Sterken, C. (Christiaan)
IAU Commission 25
American Astronomical Society. Historical Astronomy Division
American Astronomical Society
ISBN 9781441980502
1441980504