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Optics in astronomy

Title: Optics in astronomy / edited by J.V. Wall.
Publication: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

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xi, 288 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

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"Thirty-Second Herstmonceux Conference was held at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge, 9-11 September 1991"--P. xi.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. An optical designer for UK astronomy / F. Graham-Smith -- 2. Ten years of the Manchester Echelle Spectrometers / J. A. Meaburn and M. Bryce -- 3. Developments in optical systems for infrared astronomical instruments / T. J. Lee, J. W. Harris, E. Atad and C. M. Humphries -- 4. Optical features of IRIS / P. Gillingham -- 5. The FLAIR II system at the UK Schmidt Telescope / F. G. Watson, P. M. Gray, A. P. Oates and T. R. Bedding -- 6. Focal length converters / R. G. Bingham -- 7. Recent CCD developments at RGO and ING, La Palma / P. R. Jorden, A. P. Oates and A. S. Ahmed -- 8. Optical instruments: where we go from here / D. Walker -- 9. Increasing the efficiency and range of spectrographs / C. G. Wynne -- 10. The problem of achromatizing astronomical optics for the near and mid infrared / I. Escudero-Sanz -- 11. The next generation of near infra-red imaging spectrometers / A. K. Forrest and M. Wells -- 12. Three-mirror telescope - optical tests and observations / R. V. Willstrop.
13. Bispectral imaging: past, present and future / J. C. Dainty, A. Glindemann and R. G. Lane -- 14. COAST - a progress report / P. Warner -- 15. Adaptive optics - the MARTINI system / J. Major -- 16. A Virgo galaxy resolved via WHT MARTINI image sharpening / T. Shanks, N. R. Tanvir, A. P. Doel, C. N. Dunlop, J. V. Major and R. M. Myers -- 17. Adaptive optics at ESO / F. Merkle -- 18. The challenge of excellent sites / R. Racine -- 19. Testing telescopes from out-of-focus images: application to ground-based telescopes and to the space telescope / C. Roddier and F. Roddier -- 20. Super seeing from Antarctica? / P. Gillingham -- 21. Science with HRCam at the CFHT / R. Racine and R. D. McClure -- 22. Grubb Parsons - from war to peace / G. M. Sisson -- 23. Charles Wynne - an astronomer's view / G. Gilmore.

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0521445116

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93003422

OCLC

ocm27769940

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Columbia University Libraries