Synopses & Reviews
Ground-based optical astronomy is undergoing a renaissance inspired by recent technological advances. This book collects contributions from expert international designers and observers who demonstrate the fundamental role of innovative optical design in modern astrophysics and cosmological research. New and future telescopes, instruments, spectrographs and detector-systems are described in the context of the research problems at which they are targeted.
Synopsis
Expert contributions on latest instrument developments in optical and infrared astronomy.
Synopsis
This book collects contributions from expert international designers and observers which show the fundamental role of innovative optical design in modern astrophysics. New and future instruments and detector-systems are described in the context of particular areas of research.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Current instrumentation, development, results; 3. New and future instrumentation; 4. Maximizing resolution; 5. Reflections.