New highlights include aperture synthesis, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, and the further exploitation of molecular spectral lines. A new chapter is devoted to the fundamentals of a review of radio observations of our Milky Way galaxy, stars, pulsars, radio galaxies, quasars, and the cosmic microwave background. Reviews of Fourier Transform theory, celestial co-ordinate systems and a historical outline of the subject are provided in appendices.
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Francis Graham-Smith obtained his PhD in radio astronomy, and went on to become Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and later the 13th Astronomer Royal. He is currently Emeritus Professor at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester, where he is involved in pulsar research.
Bernard Burke is a member of the National Academy of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Science. He has been involved in the development of radio astronomy in the USA, most notably using Very Long Baseline Interferometry. In 1955 he discovered radio emission from Jupiter.
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