This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive account of current observational techniques with particular emphasis on optical astronomy. Dr Walker, a world expert in astronomical instrumentation, has written a complete survey of the basic electromagnetic spectrum. The author discusses the types and sources of stellar electromagnetic radiation and the range of telescopes that are used to observe them. Topics covered include the construction of sensitive low-noise detectors, preservation of image quality, and the limits to measurement precision. The book is particularly timely because astronomers now have access to a wide range of telescopes on the ground and in orbit. With increasing demand for observing time, it is important to understand the principles and limitations of the instruments and techniques. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students studying observational astronomy. It will provide a ready source of reference for professional astronomers. Physicists and electronic engineers will also find this an absorbing account of the techniques of astronomical observation.
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The construction of sensitive low noise detectors, preservation of image quality and restriction of unwanted radiation are among the concerns of this up-to-date account of optical techniques available to astronomers.
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spectrograph efficiency, signal generating detectors, responsive quantum efficiency, atmospheric transfer function, telescope exit pupil, incoherent detectors, published with permission, spectrograph optics, individual sensing elements, scintillation index, reset noise, image slicer, photon counting system, seeing disc, analogue integration, intensity interferometer, fringe visibility, illuminated devices, focal ratio, photon shot noise, colour excess, telescope beam, readout noise, optical schematic, resistive anode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hubble Space Telescope, Mauna Kea, Milky Way, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, British Columbia, European Space Agency, International Ultraviolet Explorer, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Royal Observatory, Siding Spring, Large Magellanic Cloud, Universal Time New!
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All of our information about the universe beyond the solar system has, so far, come from electromagnetic radiation and cosmic rays. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spectrograph efficiency, signal generating detectors, responsive quantum efficiency, atmospheric transfer function, telescope exit pupil, incoherent detectors, published with permission, spectrograph optics, individual sensing elements, scintillation index, reset noise, image slicer, photon counting system, seeing disc, analogue integration, intensity interferometer, fringe visibility, illuminated devices, focal ratio, photon shot noise, colour excess, telescope beam, readout noise, optical schematic, resistive anode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Instrumentation for Astronomy with Large Optical Telescopes (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by C.M. Humphries in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Progress in Optics, Vol. 27 by Author Unknown in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Radio Astronomy by John Daniel Kraus in Back Matter
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- Observational Astronomy by D. Scott Birney on page 100, and page 169
- Instrumentation for Large Telescopes (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by Jose M. Rodriguez Espinosa on page 242, and page 286
- Handbook of CCD Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) by Steve B. Howell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Handbook of CCD Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) by Steve B. Howell in Back Matter
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