New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys - Proceedings of the 179th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Baltimore, U.S.A., August 26-30, 1996 (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)

Large area sky surveys are now a reality in the radio, IR, optical and X-ray passbands. In the next few years, new surveys using optical, UV and IR mosaic cameras with high throughput digital detectors will expand the dynamic range and accuracy of photometry and astrometry of objects over a significant fraction of the entire sky. Parallel X-ray and radio surveys over the same areas will produce astronomical image and spectroscopic databases of unprecedented size and quality. The combined data sets will provide significant new constraints on star formation, stellar dynamics, Galactic structure, the evolution of galaxies and large scale structure, as well as new opportunities to identify rare objects in the solar system and the Galaxy. Large area surveys have formidable data acquisition, processing, archiving, and data distribution demands and this meeting provided a forum for sharing experiences amongst workers specializing in different wavebands as well as discussing how multiband observations can reveal fundamental relationships in our understanding of the Universe.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	International Astronomical Union Symposia, 179
Release date:	2001
First published:	1998
Editors:	Brian J. McLean • Daniel A. Golombek • Jeffrey J.E. Hayes • Harry E. Payne
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	508
Edition:	1998 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-4802-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Theoretical & mathematical astronomy Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Observatories, equipment & methods Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	0-7923-4802-8
Barcode:	9780792348023

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