Electronic imaging in astronomy
Subtitle: detectors and instrumentation
By: Ian McLean.
Series: Wiley-Praxis series in astronomy and astrophysics
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chichester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
Subjects: Imaging systems in astronomy -- Instruments; Astronomical instruments
Description: This book describes the remarkable developments that have taken place in astronomical detectors and instrumentation in recent years, from the invention of the charge-coupled device, or CCD, in 1970, through to the current era of Very Large Telescopes - the Keck telescopes in Hawaii, the ESO VLT, and GEMINI telescopes - and electronic imaging with space-borne instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.