Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times: Ground-Based Optical and Radio Astronomy Facilities Since 1945

ISBN-13: 9780521899932 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 501 str.

David Leverington

Opis

An historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today.

Recenzje

'The author is to be congratulated for the meticulous research he has carried out toproduce a book which will be of great interest to optical and radio astronomers. He has produced an astronomical encyclopedia which readers who wish to pursue thehistorical development of observatories and innovative telescopes will find of greatinterest.' Ragbir Bhathal, Metascience

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. Optical Observatories: 1. Palomar Mountain Observatory; 2. The United States Optical Observatory; 3. From the Next Generation Telescope to Gemini and SOAR; 4. Competing primary mirror designs; 5. Active optics, adaptive optics and other technical innovations; 6. European Northern Observatory and Calar Alto; 7. European Southern Observatory; 8. Mauna Kea Observatory; 9. Australian optical observatories; 10. Mount Hopkins' Whipple Observatory and the MMT; 11. Apache Point Observatory; 12. Carnegie Southern Observatory (Las Campanas); 13. Mount Graham International Optical Observatory; 14. Modern optical interferometers; 15. Solar observatories; Part II. Radio Observatories: 16. Australian radio observatories; 17. Cambridge Mullard Radio Observatory; 18. Jodrell Bank; 19. Early radio observatories away from the Australian-British axis; 20. The American National Radio Astronomy Observatory; 21. Owens Valley and Mauna Kea; 22. Further North and Central American observatories; 23. Further European and Asian radio observatories; 24. ALMA and the South Pole; Name index; Optical observatory and telescope index; Radio observatory and telescope index; General index.