Author: M. H. UlrichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Very Large Telescopes, Their Instrumentation and Programs
Author: M. H. UlrichInstrumentation for Large Telescopes
Author: José Miguel RodrÃguez EspinosaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521582919
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A new generation of large, ground-based telescopes are just coming into operation. They will take astronomical research well into the next century. These extremely powerful telescopes demand specially designed instruments and observing techniques. The VII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics gathered together leading experts from around the world to review this technology. Based on the meeting, this timely volume presents eight specially written chapters covering all aspects of telescope instrumentation. This book provides an essential reference for all astronomers who will be the users of these large telescopes. It reviews both the challenges involved in designing successful instrumentation and the questions in astronomy they must address. We are taken from the fundamentals of astronomical imaging, low- and high-resolution spectroscopy, and polarimetry up to the state-of-the-art technology in adaptive optics and laser guide stars, interferometry, image pattern recognition, and optical, near and mid infrared arrays. This timely volume provides an excellent introduction for graduate students and an invaluable reference for researchers using the latest generation of large astronomical telescopes.
The Very Large Telescope Interferometer Challenges for the Future
Author: Paulo J.V. GarciaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402015182
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The last quarter of the 20th century witnessed the rebirth and maturing of optical interferometry and associated technologies. Major successes spanning from direct detection of stellar pulsations to imaging in the optical were achieved with test-bed systems, some of which have now evolved to facilities open to the astronomical community. The intense activity and rapid growth of this field are a clear sign that interferometry will be a major observational tool in this century both from ground and space. The VLTI is the largest ground-based interferometric facility combining four 8.2-m telescopes with up to eight 1.8-m telescopes. This facility is the first opened on a shared risk basis in 2002, a milestone for the astronomical community. The combination of enhanced sensitivity and common user support bring into grasp a vastly unexplored astrophysical territory. This book presents state of the art optical interferometry in astrophysics. We emphasise new VLTI users by including tutorials in optical interferometry theory and practice, and related instrumentation, as well as reviews in stellar formation and evolution, and extragalactic science.
Very Large Telescope Instrumentation
Author: European Southern ObservatoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Very large array telescopes
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation
Author: J. BergeronPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662432153
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This is the start of a long process to ultimately operate new advanced capabilities at Paranal that can keep up with the evergrowing need for larger and more complex astrophysical data sets. A modern instrument represents a very significant investment in cash, human resources and time. Such a meeting gives us a precious yardstick to evaluate the competitiveness of 1st-generation instruments and associated current and forthcoming proposals for 1st-generation upgrades. This is also crucial to orient the large research and development effort that will provide the very foundation on which 2nd-generation VLT instrumentation can be built. Finally, it represents a significant step towards defining the hopes and goals for the future Extremely Large Telescope to come. The first outcome of this meeting, already in progress, is outlined in the epilogue.
ESO Conference on Very Large Telescopes and Their Instrumentation, Garching, 21-24 March 1988
Author: M. H. UlrichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Large astronomical telescopes
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes (IAU S232)
Author: International Astronomical Union. SymposiumPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521856089
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Proceedings volume for researchers and graduate students of astronomy, covering the most exciting science and key ELT projects.
Science with the VLT
Author: Jeremy WalshPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540492151
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VLT in Chile, will certainly provide a host of new results in optical astronomy for the years to come. Here now is a survey of numerous possible observations together with the necessary instrumentation, thus affording an exciting overview of frontline research in astronomy rarely published before. The book runs the gamut of optical-IR astronomy from the solar system, the search for planets in nearby stars, the physics of galactic stars and clusters, AGN and quasars, right up to large structure and cosmology. Furthermore, it summarizes the two panel discussions held during the workshop.
Spectroscopic Instrumentation
Author: Thomas EversbergPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662445352
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 677
Book Description
In order to analyze the light of cosmic objects, particularly at extremely great distances, spectroscopy is the workhorse of astronomy. In the era of very large telescopes, long-term investigations are mainly performed with small professional instruments. Today they can be done using self-designed spectrographs and highly efficient CCD cameras, without the need for large financial investments. This book explains the basic principles of spectroscopy, including the fundamental optical constraints and all mathematical aspects needed to understand the working principles in detail. It covers the complete theoretical and practical design of standard and Echelle spectrographs. Readers are guided through all necessary calculations, enabling them to engage in spectrograph design. The book also examines data acquisition with CCD cameras and fiber optics, as well as the constraints of specific data reduction and possible sources of error. In closing it briefly highlights some main aspects of the research on massive stars and spectropolarimetry as an extension of spectroscopy. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to spectroscopy for students of physics and astronomy, as well as a valuable resource for amateur astronomers interested in learning the principles of spectroscopy and spectrograph design.
Author: M. H. ULRICH