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Preface | |
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Light | |
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The story | |
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The evidence: astronomical data | |
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Models for the behavior of light | |
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Measurements of light rays | |
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Spectra | |
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Magnitudes | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Uncertainty | |
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Accuracy and precision | |
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Populations and samples | |
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Probability distributions | |
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Estimating uncertainty | |
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Propagation of uncertainty | |
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Additional topics | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Place, time, and motion | |
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Astronomical coordinate systems | |
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The third dimension | |
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Time | |
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Motion | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Names, catalogs, and databases | |
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Star names | |
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Names and catalogs of non-stellar objects outside the Solar System | |
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Objects at non-optical wavelengths | |
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Atlases and finding charts | |
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Websites and other computer resources | |
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Solar System objects | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Optics for astronomy | |
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Principles of geometric optics | |
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Lenses, mirrors, and simple optical elements | |
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Simple telescopes | |
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Image quality: telescopic resolution | |
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Aberrations | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Astronomical telescopes | |
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Telescope mounts and drives | |
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Reflecting telescope optics | |
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Telescopes in space | |
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Ground-based telescopes | |
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Adaptive optics | |
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The next stage: ELTs and advanced AO | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Matter and light | |
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Isolated atoms | |
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Isolated molecules | |
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Solid-state crystals | |
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Photoconductors | |
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The MOS capacitor | |
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The p--n junction | |
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The vacuum photoelectric effect | |
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Superconductivity | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Detectors | |
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Detector characterization | |
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The CCD | |
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Photo-emissive devices | |
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Infrared arrays | |
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Thermal detectors | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Digital images from arrays | |
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Arrays | |
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Digital image manipulation | |
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Preprocessing array data: bias, linearity, dark, flat, and fringe | |
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Combining images | |
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Digital aperture photometry | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Photometry | |
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Introduction: a short history | |
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The response function | |
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The idea of a photometric system | |
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Common photometric systems | |
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From source to telescope | |
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The atmosphere | |
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Transformation to a standard system | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Spectrometers | |
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Dispersive spectrometry | |
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Dispersing optical elements | |
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Spectrometers without slits | |
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Basic slit and fiber spectrometers | |
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Spectrometer design for astronomy | |
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Spectrometric data | |
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Interpreting spectra | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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Appendices | |
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References | |
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Index | |