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The Present and Future of the Telescope of Moderate Size (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
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The Present and Future of the Telescope of Moderate Size (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
Series: Anniversary Collection
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Covering the astronomical work achieved with telescopes of moderate
size, this volume indicates how recent developments in electronics
make it possible for these telescopes to cope with problems
formerly attacked only by the largest instruments. Because the
future accomplishments of the telescopes of moderate size should be
tremendously increased, this book considers both what is being
accomplished and what scientists may confidently expect to be able
to do in the predictable future. In searching for an appropriate
topic for the symposium, the astronomers who have contributed to
this volume recognized that although much attention has been
devoted in recent years to Schmidt type telescopes, radio
telescopes, and very large instruments, a great deal of the useful
work has been and is being carried out by conventional telescopes
of moderate size. Especially in the fields of astrometry and
photometry a rather large fraction of the observations are being
made with telescopes within, roughly, an aperture range of twelve
to forty inches. Although perhaps the most exciting or novel
results will be obtained with the giant reflectors, much of our
progress depends upon the unspectacular accumulation and discussion
of data and, within the limits of stellar magnitude to which they
are suited, the smaller instruments can contribute substantially,
meriting the definitive research provided in the pages of this
book. Outstanding scientists have contributed to this volume their
findings in such matters as image tube development; photoelectric
problems in astronomy; investigation of image detectors
(sensitivity assessment, equivalent quantum efficiencies, etc.);
modern computing machines capable of solving photometric problems;
the Newton Lacy Pierce Photometer; the infrared technique for
stellar photometry; application of the small telescope to
photoelectric problems; photoelectric studies of scintillation of
starlight; the upper atmosphere as discerned from studies of
stellar scintillation; variable star problems, present and future;
and stellar spectroscopy with the mode rate size telescope. The
result is a book of vital importance to the student of astronomy
who wishes to understand the advances in his field made possible by
electronic progress.
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