Electronic Imaging in Astronomy Detectors and Instrumentation /

• Main Author: McLean, Ian S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

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...

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.