Overview

The importance of wide-field imaging in astronomy has never been so evident. The deep photographic surveys of the sky are nearing completion. The advent of large-format solid state detectors will provide further deep digital sky survey data. Optical surveys of the sky are being complemented by surveys in other wavebands of the electromagnetic spectrum, principally in the X-ray and near-infrared. The mass of digital data being gathered is driving the need for mass-storage archival capability, and for rapid capabilities in data acquisitioning and processing. New techniques are being developed to optimize the extraction of the information content. The quality and quantity of data now available to astronomers are enabling new breakthroughs in many fields, such as studies of the structure of our own galaxy and properties of nearby galaxies, the large-scale distribution of galaxies and the nature of the mass-content of the Universe. These facets of wide-field astronomy are brought together in this book.

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Author:   H.T. MacGillivray ,  E.B. Thomson ,  Barry M. Lasker ,  I. Neill Reid
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1994 ed.
Volume:   161
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.533kg
ISBN:  

9780792328780

ISBN 10:   0792328787
Pages:   760
Publication Date:   30 June 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

One: Wide-Field Sky Surveys and Patrols.- Two: Digital Detectors in Wide-Field Imaging.- Three: Photography In Wide-Field Imaging.- Four: Digitised Wide-Field Surveys.- Five: Image Detection, Cataloguing and Classification.- Six: Calibration: Astrometric and Photometric.- Seven: Archiving and Databases.- Eight: Solar System Surveys.- Nine: Galactic Structure.- Ten: The Magellanic Clouds.- Eleven: Local Group Dwarf Galaxies And Lsb Galaxies.- Twelve: Properties of Nearby Galaxies.- Thirteen: Properties and Clustering of Galaxies and Clusters.- Fourteen: Mapping The Large-Scale Structure.- Fifteen: Properties and Clustering of Objects at Large Redshifts.- Sixteen: Conference Summary and Resolutions.- IAU Symposium 161 Resolution: Photographic Plate Supply.- IAU Symposium 161 Resolution: The Future Of Sonneberg Observatory.- IAU Working Group On Wide-Field Imaging: Statement Of Goals.- Author Index.

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