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  title info:
    title: Electronic Imaging in Astronomy
    sub title: Detectors and Instrumentation
  name:
    name part: McLean, Ian S.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2008
    edition: Second Edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XL, 552 p. 180 illus. online resource.
  abstract: 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 large telescopes, such as the Keck 10-meter telescopes in Hawaii with their laser guide-star adaptive optics which rival the image quality of the Hubble Space Telescope. Authored by one of the world’s foremost experts on the design and development of electronic imaging systems for astronomy, this book has been written on several levels to appeal to a broad readership. Mathematical expositions are designed to encourage a wider audience, especially among the growing community of amateur astronomers with small telescopes with CCD cameras. The book can be used at the college level for an introductory course on modern astronomical detectors and instruments, and as a supplement for a practical or laboratory class.
  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.
  note: by Ian S. McLean.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Optics
  subject:
    topic: Electrodynamics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace engineering
  subject:
    topic: Astronautics
  subject:
    topic: Electronics
  subject:
    topic: Microelectronics
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Optics and Electrodynamics
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
  subject:
    topic: Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
  subject:
    topic: Signal, Image and Speech Processing
  classification: QB1-991
  classification: QB460-466
  classification: QB980-991
  classification: 520
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Praxis Books
  identifier: 9783540765837
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76583-7
  record info:
    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204182154.0
    record identifier: 978-3-540-76583-7