The Great Refractor of Meudon Observatory

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dollfus, Audouin (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 398
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

 The large telescope at Meudon, the Grande Lunette, with an 83 centimeter diameter, has become legendary.  When it was conceived (after 1870), Astronomy was limited to visual observation. Knowledge of the sky was limited to what one could see with the human eye, assisted only by optical means. The l...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The largest telescope in Europe
• The project. Realization. The dome
• Optics. The frame. The bezel
• Use. Renovations
• Observations, discoveries
• The first observations. Photography (from 1898 to 1904)
• The beginnings of spectroscopy (1898 to 1904)
• Revelations of the planets (from 1909 to 1935)
• The polarization of light (from 1924 to 1929)
• The explosions of stars. High magnification (1935 to 1956)
• Double stars. Returning to the planets (from 1956 to 1973)
• Half service to science (1973 to 1990).