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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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: Anton Koekemoer
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
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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.
Author: Eleonora Di Valentino
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9819901774
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 420
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-11-22
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 113978868X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe field of astrometry, the precise measurement of the positions, distances and motions of astronomical objects, has been revolutionized in recent years. As we enter the high-precision era, it will play an increasingly important role in all areas of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. This edited text starts by looking at the opportunities and challenges facing astrometry in the twenty-first century, from space and ground. The new formalisms of relativity required to take advantage of micro-arcsecond astrometry are then discussed, before the reader is guided through the basic methods required to transform our observations from detected photons to the celestial sphere. The final section of the text shows how a variety of astronomical problems can be solved using astrometric methods. Bringing together work from a broad range of experts in the field, this is the most complete textbook on observational astrometry and is ideal for graduate students and researchers alike.
Author: Jesús Falcón-Barroso
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 1107035279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe formation and evolution of galaxies is one of the most important topics in modern astrophysics. Secular evolution refers to the relatively slow dynamical evolution due to internal processes induced by a galaxy's spiral arms, bars, galactic winds, black holes and dark matter haloes. It plays an important role in the evolution of spiral galaxies with major consequences for galactic bulges, the transfer of angular momentum, and the distribution of a galaxy's constituent stars, gas and dust. This internal evolution is in turn the key to understanding and testing cosmological models of galaxy formation and evolution. Based on the twenty-third Winter School of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics, this volume presents reviews from nine world-renowned experts on the observational and theoretical research into secular processes, and what these processes can tell us about the structure and formation of galaxies. The volume provides a firm grounding for graduate students and early career researchers working on galactic dynamics and galaxy evolution.
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 698
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Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 804
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