Observational Astrophysics (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) by Pierre Lena and A. R. King

Observational Astrophysics (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)

Features

Cover Type: Hard Cover with 328 pages

Published by: Springer-Verlag August 1988

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 0387184333

ISBN 13 Number: 978-0387184333

Book Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1 inches

Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive, unified view of the obseving methods and tools of contemporary astrophysics. The collection of information coming from the celestial sources, the methods to process it, the fundamental laws of physics which control it are the subject of the book. Recent development in spatial interometry, new detectors, image restauration methods are presented. The level is for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics or in engineering.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Observational Astrophysics (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) (Hardcover) Astronomy is going through exciting times, as new and better instrumentation and methods gives us greater insight into the universe. This book helps explain what some of the advances are. It gives basic material about radiation, photometry and the like. There is an important explanation of how the atmosphere has traditionally limited the resolution of images (at least in the visible spectrum) due to turbulence. Which leads the book into some of the attractions of space-based telescopes. But the book also goes into how ground based telescopes are overcoming the atmospheric barrier. Using adaptive optics in "smart" telescopes. This lets them cancel out the effects of turbulence, on the time scale of that turbulence. Very impressive. We can push to the instrinsic limits of the optics. The book takes you to the frontiers of modern astronomy. Comment | | (Report this)

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