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Electronic imaging in astronomy detectors and instrumentation

This book describes the remarkable developments that have taken place in astronomical detectors and instrumentation in recent years, from the invention of the charge-coupled device, or CCD, in 1970, through to the current era of Very Large Telescopes - the Keck telescopes in Hawaii, the ESO VLT, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLean, Ian S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester New York Wiley 1997
Series:Wiley-Praxis series in astronomy and astrophysics
Subjects:
Imaging systems in astronomy > Instruments
Astronomical instruments
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The development of electronic imaging in astronomy
  • 2. Automation and computers
  • 3. The power of modern astronomical instrumentation
  • 4. Instrumentation - basic principles
  • 5. Designing astronomical instruments
  • 6. Charge-coupled devices
  • 7. Practical operation of CCDs
  • 8. Electronic imaging at infrared wavelengths
  • 9. Practical operation of infrared arrays 10. Characterization and calibration of array instruments
  • 11. Computers and image processing
  • 12. Electronic imaging at other wavelengths
  • 13. A new generation of telescopes
  • 14. High angular resolution imaging

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