The 2005 HST Calibration Workshop
Author: Anton Koekemoer
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 470
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Author: Anton Koekemoer
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 470
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Published: 2006
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andreas Kaufer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-05-05
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 3540769633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration workshop brought together more than 120 participants with the objective to a) foster the sharing of information, experience and techniques between observers, instrument developers and instrument operation teams, b) review the actual precision and limitations of the applied instrument calibration plans, and c) collect the current and future requirements by the ESO users. These present proceedings include the majority of the workshop’s contributions and document the status quo of instrument calibration at ESO in large detail. Topics covered are: Optical Spectro-Imagers, Optical Multi-Object Spectrographs, NIR and MIR Spectro-Imagers, High-Resolution Spectrographs, Integral Field Spectrographs, Adaptive Optics Instruments, Polarimetric Instruments, Wide Field Imagers, Interferometric Instruments as well as other crucial aspects such as data flow, quality control, data reduction software and atmospheric effects. It was stated in the workshop that “calibration is a life-long learning process”'. In this sense, this book will be a reference point for all future efforts to improve instrument calibration procedures in astronomy.
Author: Richard A. Shaw
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 792
ISBN-13: 9781583813133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Santiago Arribas
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 420
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jochen Heidt
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-07-04
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 3030984419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNear-infrared astronomy has become one of the most rapidly developing branches in modern astrophysics. Innovative observing techniques, near-infrared detectors with quantum efficiencies in excess of 90%, highly specialised instruments as well as advanced data reduction techniques have allowed major breakthroughs in various areas like exoplanets, star-forming regions, the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center, and the high-redshift Universe. In this book, the reader will be introduced to the basic concepts of how to prepare near-infrared observations with maximized scientific return. Equal weight is given to all aspects of the data reduction for both - imaging and spectroscopy. Information is also provided on the state of the art instrumentation available and planned, on detector technology or the physics of the atmosphere, all of which influence the preparation and execution of observations and data reduction techniques. The beginner but also the expert will find a lot of information in compact form which is otherwise widely dispersed across the internet or other sources.
Author: Steve B. Howell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-03-02
Total Pages: 4
ISBN-13: 113945076X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) are the state-of-the-art detector in many fields of observational science. Updated to include all of the latest developments in CCDs, this second edition of the Handbook of CCD Astronomy is a concise and accessible reference on all practical aspects of using CCDs. Starting with their electronic workings, it discusses their basic characteristics and then gives methods and examples of how to determine these values. While the book focuses on the use of CCDs in professional observational astronomy, advanced amateur astronomers, and researchers in physics, chemistry, medical imaging, and remote sensing will also find it very valuable. Tables of useful and hard-to-find data, key practical equations, and new exercises round off the book and ensure that it provides an ideal introduction to the practical use of CCDs for graduate students, and a handy reference for more experienced users.
Author: Gutti Jogesh Babu
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is the fourth in a series of international conferences for the vanguard of researchers in the cross-disciplinary field of astrostatistics. Both astronomical and statistical communities now recognize the wide array of fascinating methodological issues faced by the modern astronomer. Ranging from terabyte wide-field surveys to small-N samples, from cosmology to the search for Earth-like planets, astronomical research can no longer be pursued with a small toolbox of familiar statistical methods. Over thirty distinguished scholars from both fields presented invited talks and commentaries on leading problems in astrostatistics. The methodological challenges of inferring cosmological insights from the cosmic microwave background fluctuations, the distribution of galaxies in space, gravitational lensing, and galaxy structure wre describe in detail. Time series analysis is discussed in a variety of contexts: sparse Poisson data, multiply-periodic systems, gravitational wave detection, and most dramatically in the search for extrasolar planets. Here sophisticated Bayesian model selection with MCMC computations plays a critical role. Other topics covered include image processing, analysis of mega-datasets from large surveys, and small-N problems in both astronomy and particle physics. The volume ends with cross-disciplinary overviews and software tutorials. The book will be valuable to graduate students and researchers in both astronomy and statistics who seek insights into this promising avenue of cross-disciplinary research."--Publisher's website
Author: Eleonora Di Valentino
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9819901774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-08-21
Total Pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780521874700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKState-of-the-art review of the growing field of astrometry, for researchers and graduate students.