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Seeing the unseen : Mount Wilson's role in high angular resolution astronomy /
This book provides a detailed history of stellar interferometry as practised at Mount Wilson Observatory. It covers the origin of the field in the early 19th Century, and its subsequent development throughout the last hundred years at the Observatory, including the people, instruments, and methods i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2020]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 6.
AAS-IOP astronomy. 2021 collection. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book provides a detailed history of stellar interferometry as practised at Mount Wilson Observatory. It covers the origin of the field in the early 19th Century, and its subsequent development throughout the last hundred years at the Observatory, including the people, instruments, and methods involved in advancing high angular resolution astronomy. Additionally, two extensive Appendices cover the importance of Mount Wilson today as well as an interferometry primer. It is an excellent book for historians, astronomers and anyone interested in Mount Wilson. |
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| Notas: | "Version: 20201101"--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). Also available in print. |
| Público: | Historians, astronomy students and researchers, instrumentalists. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780750322089 9780750322072 |
| ISSN: | 2514-3433 |