02225cam a2200337 i 4500 17038133 EG-ScBUE 20241218103143.0 111107s2012 enka f b f001 0 eng d 9780521762298 DLC eng rda DLC EG-ScBUE 522 RIE 22 Rieke, G. H. (George Henry) author. 38196 Measuring the universe : a multiwavelength perspective / George H. Rieke, University of Arizona ; illustrated by Shiras Manning. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. xii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliographical references and index. "Astronomy is an observational science, renewed and even revolutionized by new developments in instrumentation. With the resulting growth of multiwavelength investigation as an engine of discovery, it is increasingly important for astronomers to understand the underlying physical principles and operational characteristics for a broad range of instruments. This comprehensive text is ideal for graduate students, active researchers and instrument developers. It is a thorough review of how astronomers obtain their data, covering current approaches to astronomical measurements from radio to gamma rays. The focus is on current technology rather than the history of the field, allowing each topic to be discussed in depth. Areas covered include telescopes, detectors, photometry, spectroscopy, adaptive optics and high contrast imaging, millimeter-wave and radio receivers, radio and optical/infrared interferometry, and X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, all at a level that bridges the gap between the basic principles of optics and the subject's abundant specialist literature"-- Radio astronomy. BUEsh Infrared astronomy. BUEsh Gamma ray astronomy. BUEsh X-ray astronomy. BUEsh BUEsh ENGGEN June2015 Reading book Manning, Shiras, illustrator. ddc BB 19536 19508 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2015-06-09 Purchase 0 522 RIE 000038478 2025-07-15 00:00:00 BB