Surveying the skies [electronic resource] : how astronomers map the universe / Gareth Wynn-Williams.
Wynn-Williams, C. G. (C. Gareth), 1944- author.
2016
QB44.3
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Title Surveying the skies [electronic resource] : how astronomers map the universe / Gareth Wynn-Williams.
Author Wynn-Williams, C. G. (C. Gareth), 1944- author.
ISBN 9783319285108 (electronic book)
3319285106 (electronic book)
9783319285085
Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 187 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number QB44.3
Dewey Decimal Classification 520
Summary Since the time of Galileo, astronomy has been driven by technological innovation. With each major advance has come the opportunity and enthusiasm to survey the sky in a way that was not possible before. It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this book. In the first few chapters the author discusses what astronomers learned from visible-light surveys, first with the naked eye, then using telescopes in the seventeenth century, and photography in the nineteenth century. He then moves to the second half of the twentieth century when the skies started to be swept by radio, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma ray telescopes, many of which had to be flown in satellites above the Earth's atmosphere. These surveys led to the discovery of pulsars, quasars, molecular clouds, protostars, bursters, and black holes. He then returns to Earth to describe several currently active large-scale projects that methodically collect images, photometry and spectra that are then stored in vast publicly-accessible databases. Dr. Wynn-Williams also describes several recent "microsurveys" - detailed studies of small patches of sky that have led to major advances in our understanding of cosmology and exoplanets. .
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 28, 2016).
Series Astronomers' universe.
Available in Other Form Surveying the skies : how astronomers map the universe.
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The Five Ages of Astronomy
The Naked Eye Era
The Telescope Era
The Photography Era
Radio Surveys
Near-Infrared Surveys
Far-infrared Surveys
Ultraviolet Surveys
X-ray Surveys
Gamma Ray Surveys
The Gigasurvey Era
Special Surveys.

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