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The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope

Written by one of the astronomers who 'lived the dream' of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded diary featuring the 'birth and long life' of what was a truely innovative telescope. Based on input received from people involved in its planning, building, operation...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, John K. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Springer Praxis Books
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Conception -- Design and Planning -- The Project Advances -- To Hawaii -- Making It Work.-  Early Operations 1980-1981 -- Consolidation 1982-1985 -- IRCAM:The beginning of the Array Revolution -- Cooled grating Spectrographs -- Changes at the Top -- Upgrading the telescope for the 21st century -- Restructuring ( 1995) -- ORAC It pipes, therefore it is. 1996-2000 -- Michelle (95-2004) -- Departures 2000-2002 -- Flexible Scheduling and the OMP 2001-2003 -- UIST 2000-2009 -- The new era of Wide-field Astronomy at UKIRT -- Into A Third decade.- UKIRT under threat -- Battle for Survival -- The Axe Falls -- Epilogue. 
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