Diffraction-Limited Imaging with Very Large Telescopes (NATO Science Series C: (closed))

Alloin, D.M (editor); Mariotti, J.-M. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0792301927 / ISBN 13: 9780792301929

Published by Kluwer Academic, 1988

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Kluwer Academic pictorial hardcover, 1988, clean/tight, ex- MIT Lincoln Laboratory Library copy with minimal markings (M.I.T. lab library stamp on fep, writing on copyright page, card pocket on rear paste-down, no other markings). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers."Diffraction-Limited Imaging with Very Large Telescopes" NATO ASI Series; Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences - Vol. 274 (as pictured).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diffraction-Limited Imaging with Very Large Telescopes (NATO Science Series C: (closed))
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792301927
• ISBN 13: 9780792301929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science: Astronomy
  • Science: Physics

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Synopsis

A few years ago, a real break-through happened in observational astronomy: the un­ derstanding of the effect of atmospheric turbulence on the structure of stellar images, and of ways to overcome this dramatic degradation. This opened a route to diffraction-limited observations with large telescopes in the optical domain. Soon, the first applications of this new technique led to some outstanding astrophysical results, both at visible and infrared wavelengths. Yet, the potential of interferometric observations is not fully foreseeable as the first long-baseline arrays of large optical telescopes are being built or cOIIllnissioned right now. In this respect a comparison with the evolution of radio-astronomy is tempting. From a situation where, in spite of the construction of giant antennas, low angular resolution was prevailing, the introduction of long baseline and very long baseline interferometry and the rapid mastering of sophisticated image reconstruction techniques, have brought on a nearly routine basis high dynamic range images with milliarcseconds resolution. This, of course, has completely changed our views of the radio sky.