Author: Anton KoekemoerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The 2005 HST Calibration Workshop
Author: Anton KoekemoerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop
Author: Andreas KauferPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540769633
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration workshop brought together more than 120 participants with the objective to a) foster the sharing of information, experience and techniques between observers, instrument developers and instrument operation teams, b) review the actual precision and limitations of the applied instrument calibration plans, and c) collect the current and future requirements by the ESO users. These present proceedings include the majority of the workshop’s contributions and document the status quo of instrument calibration at ESO in large detail. Topics covered are: Optical Spectro-Imagers, Optical Multi-Object Spectrographs, NIR and MIR Spectro-Imagers, High-Resolution Spectrographs, Integral Field Spectrographs, Adaptive Optics Instruments, Polarimetric Instruments, Wide Field Imagers, Interferometric Instruments as well as other crucial aspects such as data flow, quality control, data reduction software and atmospheric effects. It was stated in the workshop that “calibration is a life-long learning process”'. In this sense, this book will be a reference point for all future efforts to improve instrument calibration procedures in astronomy.
The 2005 HST Calibration Workshop
Author: Anton KoekemoerA Giant Step: From Milli- to Micro- Arcsecond Astrometry (IAU S248)
Author: International Astronomical Union. SymposiumPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521874700
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
State-of-the-art review of the growing field of astrometry, for researchers and graduate students.
The Hubble Constant Tension
Author: Eleonora Di ValentinoPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819901774
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The 2002 HST Calibration Workshop
Author: Santiago ArribasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Astrometry for Astrophysics
Author: William F. van AltenaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113978868X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The field of astrometry, the precise measurement of the positions, distances and motions of astronomical objects, has been revolutionized in recent years. As we enter the high-precision era, it will play an increasingly important role in all areas of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. This edited text starts by looking at the opportunities and challenges facing astrometry in the twenty-first century, from space and ground. The new formalisms of relativity required to take advantage of micro-arcsecond astrometry are then discussed, before the reader is guided through the basic methods required to transform our observations from detected photons to the celestial sphere. The final section of the text shows how a variety of astronomical problems can be solved using astrometric methods. Bringing together work from a broad range of experts in the field, this is the most complete textbook on observational astrometry and is ideal for graduate students and researchers alike.
Secular Evolution of Galaxies
Author: Jesús Falcón-BarrosoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107035279
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
The formation and evolution of galaxies is one of the most important topics in modern astrophysics. Secular evolution refers to the relatively slow dynamical evolution due to internal processes induced by a galaxy's spiral arms, bars, galactic winds, black holes and dark matter haloes. It plays an important role in the evolution of spiral galaxies with major consequences for galactic bulges, the transfer of angular momentum, and the distribution of a galaxy's constituent stars, gas and dust. This internal evolution is in turn the key to understanding and testing cosmological models of galaxy formation and evolution. Based on the twenty-third Winter School of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics, this volume presents reviews from nine world-renowned experts on the observational and theoretical research into secular processes, and what these processes can tell us about the structure and formation of galaxies. The volume provides a firm grounding for graduate students and early career researchers working on galactic dynamics and galaxy evolution.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Author: Observatory Operations
Author: David R. SilvaPublisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.