Electronic Imaging in Astronomy Detectors and Instrumentation /

The second edition of Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation describes the remarkable developments that have taken place in astronomical detectors and instrumentation in recent years - from the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD) in 1970 to the current era of very la...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLean, Ian S. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed. 2008.
Colección:Astronomy and Planetary Sciences,
Temas:
Astronomy.
Electrodynamics.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Electronics.
Signal processing.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Classical Electrodynamics.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.
Signal, Speech and Image Processing .
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The development of electronic imaging in astronomy
  • Beating the atmosphere
  • Telescopes
  • The discovery power of modern astronomical instruments
  • Instrumentation and detectors
  • Designing and building astronomical instruments
  • Charge-coupled devices
  • Practical operation of CCDs
  • Characterization and calibration of array instruments
  • Image processing and analysis
  • Electronic imaging at infrared wavelengths
  • Electronic imaging at ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths
  • Electronic imaging at sub-millimeter and radio wavelengths
  • Future developments.

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