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_aQB476.5 _b.R54 2012 |
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_aRieke, G. H. _q(George Henry), _eauthor. |
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_aMeasuring the universe : _ba multiwavelength perspective / _cGeorge H. Rieke, University of Arizona ; illustrated by Shiras Manning. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012. |
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_a1 online resource (xii, 343 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s). |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). | ||
| 520 | _aAstronomy is an observational science, renewed and even revolutionized by new developments in instrumentation. With the resulting growth of multiwavelength investigation as an engine of discovery, it is increasingly important for astronomers to understand the underlying physical principles and operational characteristics for a broad range of instruments. This comprehensive text is ideal for graduate students, active researchers and instrument developers. It is a thorough review of how astronomers obtain their data, covering current approaches to astronomical measurements from radio to gamma rays. The focus is on current technology rather than the history of the field, allowing each topic to be discussed in depth. Areas covered include telescopes, detectors, photometry, spectroscopy, adaptive optics and high-contrast imaging, millimeter-wave and radio receivers, radio and optical/infrared interferometry, and X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, all at a level that bridges the gap between the basic principles of optics and the subject's abundant specialist literature. Color versions of figures and solutions to selected problems are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521762298. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aRadio astronomy. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aInfrared astronomy. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aGamma ray astronomy. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aX-ray astronomy. | |
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_iPrint version: _z9780521762298 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511980497 |
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