Download or read book Giant Telescopes written by W. Patrick McCray and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every night, astronomers use a new generation of giant telescopes at observatories around the world to study phenomena at the forefront of science. By focusing on the history of the Gemini ObservatoryÑtwin 8-meter telescopes located on mountain peaks in Hawaii and ChileÑGiant Telescopes tells the story behind the planning and construction of modern scientific tools, offering a detailed view of the technological and political transformation of astronomy in the postwar era. Drawing on interviews with participants and archival documents, W. Patrick McCray describes the ambitions and machinations of prominent astronomers, engineers, funding patrons, and politicians in their effort to construct a modern facility for cutting-edge scienceÑand to establish a model for international cooperation in the coming era of Òmegascience.Ó His account details the technological, institutional, cultural, and financial challenges that scientists faced while planning and building a new generation of giant telescopes. Besides exploring how and why scientists embraced the promise and potential of new technologies, he considers how these new tools affected what it means to be an astronomer. McCrayÕs book should interest anyone who desires a deeper understanding of the science, technology, and politics behind finding our place in the universe.
Download or read book Future Giant Telescopes written by J. Roger P. Angel and published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. This book was released on 2003 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Telescopes written by Ray Villard and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives students an in-depth look at how large telescopes work. The wonder and awe of space and the scientific instruments we use to study it both come shining through in this fascinating book. Full-color diagrams and illustrations will help students visualize how the technology of telescopes works. Students will learn about the creation of mirrors 26.2 feet wide and telescope teams that work together to create a telescope as powerful as if it had a mirror the size of Earth!
Download or read book The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium Science in the shadows of giants written by Terry D. Oswalt and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2003 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-03-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has operated continuously since 1990. During that time, four space shuttle-based service missions were launched, three of which added major observational capabilities. A fifth â€" SM-4 â€" was intended to replace key telescope systems and install two new instruments. The loss of the space shuttle Columbia, however, resulted in a decision by NASA not to pursue the SM-4 mission leading to a likely end of Hubble's useful life in 2007-2008. This situation resulted in an unprecedented outcry from scientists and the public. As a result, NASA began to explore and develop a robotic servicing mission; and Congress directed NASA to request a study from the National Research Council (NRC) of the robotic and shuttle servicing options for extending the life of Hubble. This report presents an assessment of those two options. It provides an examination of the contributions made by Hubble and those likely as the result of a servicing mission, and a comparative analysis of the potential risk of the two options for servicing Hubble. The study concludes that the Shuttle option would be the most effective one for prolonging Hubble's productive life.
Download or read book The Very Large Telescope Interferometer Challenges for the Future written by Paulo J.V. Garcia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A JENAM 2002 Workshop, Porto, Portugal, 3-5 September 2002
Download or read book The Telescope written by Geoff Andersen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the telescope includes discussion of such related topics as the dark-adapted human eye, interferometry, adaptive optics, and remote sensing.
Download or read book The Present and Future of the Telescope of Moderate Size written by Frank Bradshaw Wood and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the astronomical work achieved with telescopes of moderate size, this volume indicates how recent developments in electronics make it possible for these telescopes to cope with problems formerly attacked only by the largest instruments. Because the future accomplishments of the telescopes of moderate size should be tremendously increased, this book considers both what is being accomplished and what scientists may confidently expect to be able to do in the predictable future. In searching for an appropriate topic for the symposium, the astronomers who have contributed to this volume recognized that although much attention has been devoted in recent years to Schmidt type telescopes, radio telescopes, and very large instruments, a great deal of the useful work has been and is being carried out by conventional telescopes of moderate size. Especially in the fields of astrometry and photometry a rather large fraction of the observations are being made with telescopes within, roughly, an aperture range of twelve to forty inches. Although perhaps the most exciting or novel results will be obtained with the giant reflectors, much of our progress depends upon the unspectacular accumulation and discussion of data and, within the limits of stellar magnitude to which they are suited, the smaller instruments can contribute substantially, meriting the definitive research provided in the pages of this book. Outstanding scientists have contributed to this volume their findings in such matters as image tube development; photoelectric problems in astronomy; investigation of image detectors (sensitivity assessment, equivalent quantum efficiencies, etc.); modern computing machines capable of solving photometric problems; the Newton Lacy Pierce Photometer; the infrared technique for stellar photometry; application of the small telescope to photoelectric problems; photoelectric studies of scintillation of starlight; the upper atmosphere as discerned from studies of stellar scintillation; variable star problems, present and future; and stellar spectroscopy with the mode rate size telescope. The result is a book of vital importance to the student of astronomy who wishes to understand the advances in his field made possible by electronic progress.
Download or read book The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium written by Terry D. Oswalt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-02-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title details the essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and how their future productivity can be maximized. Over 70 experts from all corners of the international astronomical community have created a reference on the future of big science with small telescopes. at national facilities and their omission from national science priority studies, the oft-lamented demise of the small telescope has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the future of these workhorses of astronomy will be brighter than ever if creative steps are taken now. This three-volume set defines essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and the ways in which a productive future for them can be realized. A wide cross-section of the astronomical community has contributed to a definitive assessment of the present and a vision for the future. volume one of this three-volume set examines the public's and the astronomical communities' own perceptions and misconceptions of small telescope productivity. These shape the future scientific research that will be done with telescopes smaller than 4-m in aperture and the number of astronomers that will have access to them.
Download or read book The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium written by Terry D. Oswalt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume set details the essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and how their future productivity can be maximized. Over 70 international experts have created a definitive reference on the present and future of "big science with small telescopes".
Download or read book The Future of Astronomy written by Edward C. Pickering and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Future of Astronomy" by Edward C. Pickering. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes IAU S232 written by International Astronomical Union. Symposium and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings volume for researchers and graduate students of astronomy, covering the most exciting science and key ELT projects.
Download or read book Site Testing for future large telescopes written by European Southern Observatory and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposal Leading to Future Large Radio Telescopes written by Ronald Newbold Bracewell and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INVESTIGATIONS WERE CONCERNED WITH THE DESIGN OF A RADIO TELESCOPE WITH A ONE-MINUTE-OF-ARC BEAM. The feasibility of a one-minute-of-arc in one dimension was established. However, only a relatively small collecting area was used. To increase the area and to form a pencil beam, while keeping the structure close to the ground, one is led to consider echelon configurations. A multifocus arrangement of tiltable cylinders, stacked like the slats of a venetian blind was studied. The suppression of grating responses can be accomplished by a new tilt-independent technique in which a staggered pair of elements is switched against the remaining elements. The collecting area of a system in which some of the elements are switched, proves to be reasonable. Problems of interconnecting the tiltable elements so as to counteract the jump in path from one element to the next were partly met in achieving a one-minute fan beam. Multibeaming, a technique of halving observing time by doubling the investment in electronic equipment, is justified when the antenna cost is high and the beamwidth extremely narrow. (Author).
Download or read book Large Telescopes written by Ray Villard and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives students an in-depth look at how large telescopes work. The wonder and awe of space and the scientific instruments we use to study it both come shining through in this fascinating book. Full-color diagrams and illustrations will help students visualize how the technology of telescopes works. Students will learn about the creation of mirrors 26.2 feet wide and telescope teams that work together to create a telescope as powerful as if it had a mirror the size of Earth!
Download or read book The James Webb Space Telescope written by Melton Lawrence and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE NASA has published some of the first recognizable photos obtained by the James Webb Space Observatory (JWST), the most powerful space telescope ever created. The air distortion issue with ground telescopes has been greatly ameliorated in recent years by the development of "adaptive optics." A ground-based facility can now provide a picture as crisp as that of a space telescope. This divides the effort between the two a little clearer. The space instrument gives a broader field of vision in addition to fine optical resolution, and it is no longer essential to employ "visual to near-visual" telescopes working in space. In truth, optical telescope photographs are accessible in excellent resolution for the general public based on NASA technology. Boston Micromachines promises to produce "clearer views of celestial objects in deep space than ever before using 'deformable' mirrors that adjust for atmospheric disturbances and equipment misalignments." Still, scientists need to create space telescopes, not merely for high-quality photographs but also to operate in wavelengths one cannot view from Earth. From orbit, telescopes that function in sections of the non-visual wavelengths offer the sole method of observing x-rays, gamma rays, and extreme ultraviolet rays. Most significantly, they offer "excellent platforms for observing in the far-infrared" range. In that manual you will learn The FACT ABOUT TELESCOPE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE SPIES PILLARS OF CREATION JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE ORBIT JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE VERSUS HUBBLE HOW THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD To know more About the James Webb scope telescope and the Hubble take action now. Click on 'Add to Cart at the top of the page.
Download or read book Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II written by Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
