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Field guide to astronomical instrumentation
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
1 online resource (xi, 145 pages) : illustrations.
This Field Guide provides readers with a concise, organized reference that explains the functions and configurations of astronomical instrumentation. This book provides an overview of aspects of astronomical instrumentation from principles of general optics and optical design to optical manufacturing and systems engineering. Practitioners will also gain valuable insight from remarks on polarimeters, interferometers, coronagraphs, cryogenics, software, and more.
Glossary of symbols and acronyms -- General optics -- Optical elements -- Detectors -- Telescopes and imagers -- Spectrographs -- Polarimeters -- Interferometers -- Coronagraphs -- Adaptive optics -- Optical design -- Optomechanics -- Vacuum and cryogenics -- Software and electronics -- Systems engineering -- Manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing -- Appendices -- Equation summary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Christoph Keller, Ramon Navarro, Bernhard Brandl.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.