Telescope Its History, Technology, and Future

Name: Telescope Its History, Technology, and Future
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ISBN: 9780691129792

ISBN-10: 0691129797

ISBN-13: 9780691129792

Edition: 2007

Authors: Geoff Andersen

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In the four centuries since its invention, the telescope has transformed how humans view the universe and their place in it. But what do most of us know about telescopes themselves--their history, how they work, what they are being used for today, or what the next generation of billion-dollar telescopes will look like? InThe Telescope, Geoff Andersen fills in all the details for us in an accessible, nontechnical way that will appeal to the amateur astronomer and anyone else who has been more than a little curious about this amazing instrument. The book covers every aspect of optical telescopes--from the humblest backyard setup, to state-of-the-art observatories, to the Hubble Space…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/27/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.45" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.144



Preface



The naked-eye universe



The development of the telescope



How a telescope works


Imaging


Refracting telescopes


Reflecting telescopes



The perfect telescope


Diffraction and the perfect image


Resolution limit



When good telescopes go bad


Aberrations


Field of view


Air turbulence



Analysing the light


Imaging devices - the camera


Spectroscopy


Photometry


Polarimetry



Interferometry


Interference - how light waves combine


Michelson interferometer


Michelson stellar interferometer


Imaging interferometry


Nulling interferometry



So you want to build an observatory?


Making a mirror


Site selection


Mechanical engineering



The Hubble Space Telescope



Advanced telescope techniques


Lightweighting


Active optics


Segmented primaries


Adaptive optics


Laser guide stars



Laser communications and remote sensing


Laser communications


Lidar



Surveillance


Airborne surveillance


Space-based surveillance


Other surveillance methods


Laser weapons



Non-traditional observatories


Liquid mirror telescopes


Solar telescopes


Seeing the invisible


Gravitational wave observatories



Key discoveries


The Solar System and Pluto


Comet Halley


The first exo-solar planet


Milky Way black hole


Hubble Ultra-Deep Field


Hoag's Object



Future telescopes


Wide-field wonders


Another pale blue dot


The big boys


One last word



Some mathematical basics



Electromagnetic radiation



Getting your own telescope


Notes


Bibliography


Index