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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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Main Author: McLean, Ian S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed. 2008.
Series:Astronomy and Planetary Sciences,
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Optics.
Electrodynamics.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Electronics.
Microelectronics.
Signal processing.
Image processing.
Speech processing systems.
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Classical Electrodynamics.
Popular Science in Astronomy.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.
Signal, Image and Speech Processing.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76583-7
Table of Contents:
  • 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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