| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Springer reference |
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Springer reference.
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| Contents |
Introduction to Telescopes / David Silva, Ian S. McLean -- Robotic and Survey Telescopes / Przemysław Woźniak -- Segmented Mirror Telescopes / Jerry Nelson, Terry Mast, Gary Chanan -- Honeycomb Mirrors for Large Telescopes / John Hill, Hubert Martin, Roger Angel -- Active Thin-Mirror Telescopes / Lothar Noethe, Ray Wilson -- Optical and Infrared Interferometers / Theo A.ten Brummelaar, Harold A. McAlister -- Submillimeter Telescopes / Thomas G. Phillips, Stephen Padin, Jonas Zmuidzinas -- Radio Telescopes / Ron Ekers, Thomas L. Wilson -- Space Telescopes in the Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared (UV/O/IR) / Erin Elliott, Matt Mountain, Marc Postman -- CMB Telescopes and Optical Systems / Shaul Hanany, Michael D. Niemack -- Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Telescopes / Elizabeth Hays -- Instrumentation and Detectors / Ian S. McLean, James Larkin -- Silicon-Based Image Sensors / Paul R. Jorden -- Long-Wavelength Infrared Detectors / Erick T. Young -- Astronomical Spectrographs / Rebecca A. Bernstein, Stephen A. Shectman |
| Summary |
This is volume 1 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy. This volume on 'Telescopes and Instrumentation' edited by Ian S. McLean presents, after a general Introduction to Telescopes, accessible review chapters on Robotic and Survey Telescopes, Segmented Mirror Telescopes, Honeycomb Mirrors for Large Telescopes, Active Thin-Mirror Telescopes, Optical and Infrared Interferometers, Submillimeter Telescopes, Radio Telescopes, Space Telescopes in the Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared (UV/O/IR), CMB Telescopes and Optical Systems, Very- High-Energy Gamma-Ray Telescopes, Instrumentation and Detectors, Silicon-Based Image Sensors, Long-Wavelength Infrared Detectors, and Astronomical Spectrographs. All chapters of the handbook were written by practicing professionals. They include sufficient background material and references to the current literature to allow readers to learn enough about a specialty within astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology to get started on their own practical research projects. In the spirit of the series Stars and Stellar Systems published by Chicago University Press in the 1960s and 1970s, each chapter of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems can stand on its own as a fundamental review of its respective sub-discipline, and each volume can be used as a textbook or recommended reference work for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Advanced students and professional astronomers in their roles as both lecturers and researchers will welcome Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems as a comprehensive and pedagogical reference work on astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology |
| Analysis |
Physics |
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Astrophysics |
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Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
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Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences |
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astronomie |
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astronomy |
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fysica |
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ruimtewetenschap |
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space science |
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Physics (General) |
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Fysica (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Astronomical instruments.
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astronomical instruments.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Astronomical instruments
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oswalt, Terry D.
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McLean, Ian S., 1949-
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| ISBN |
9789400756212 |
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9400756216 |
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9400756208 |
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9789400756205 |
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