Overview

This three-volume set, ""The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium"" details the essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21st century science and how the most productive future for them can be realized. Over 70 experts from all corners of the international astronomical community have created a definitive reference on the present and future of ""big science with small telescopes"". Despite highly publicized closures of telescopes smaller than 4-m in aperture at national facilities and their omission from national science priority studies, the oft-lamented demise of the small telescope has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the future of these workhorses of astronomy will be brighter than ever if creative steps are taken. The volumes in the set define essential roles small telescopes should play in 21st century science and the ways by which a productive future for them can be realized. Volume one of the set, begins with a summary of contemporary national scientific priority-setting efforts and then examines public and professional perceptions and misconceptions of small telescope productivity. These shape the future science that will do with telescopes smaller than 4-m in aperture and the number of astronomers that will have access to them. Volume two highlights how small facilities are evolving to meet the scientific priorities and economical realities of the 21st century via standardization of instrumentation, off-the-shelf technology, specialization, optical improvements, new modes of scheduling, automation, and Internet access. Volume three explores a broad selection of scientific initiatives, from planetary astronomy to cosmology, that are ideally suited for small telescopes.

Full Product Details

Author:   Terry D. Oswalt
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Volume:   287/8/9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.098kg
ISBN:  

9781402009518

ISBN 10:   1402009518
Pages:   1031
Publication Date:   30 June 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Small is as Small Does.- 2. The Future of Small, Inexpensive, Continuously Operating, Wide Field Cameras.- 3. The All Sky Automated Survey.- 4. The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope.- 5. Astrometric Projects at the Bordeaux CCD Meridian Circle.- 6. The USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC) Project and Beyond.- 7. The Future of Automated Telescopes and the Bradford Robotic Telescopes.- 8. The Liverpool and Faulkes Telescopes.- 9. The Dutch Open Telescope.- 10. Building a Global Education and Science System Based on Modest-Aperture Telescopes: The Hands On Universe System.- 11. The OTHER Keck Observatories.- 12. The Sun from Big Bear.- 13. The Four-College Consortium and the Future of APT’s.- 14. The National Undergraduate Research Observatory.- 15. Advantages of Automated Observing with Small Telescopes.- 16. Astronomy Back East: The Future of the University Telescope.- 17. Research in a Virtual Astronomy Department: The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) and the Future of Small Telescopes.- 18. The CHARA Visible/IR Array on Mt. Wilson: Small Telescopes with Large Baselines.- 19. A Dedicated 1-Meter Telescope for High Precision Astrometric Sky Mapping of Faint Stars.- 20. AST/RO: A Small Submillimeter Telescope at the South Pole.- 21. The APO 3.5-m Remote Observing Program — Present and Future.- 22. Scientific Priorities and Scheduling of the UK Infrared Telescope in the Eight-Meter Era.- 23. Small Radio Interferometer Arrays in Solar Physics.- 24. The Educational Role of Small Telescopes in Radio Astronomy.

Reviews

From the reviews: !The contributed papers cover a wide range of astronomical topics and form a superb case for the regeneration of small-telescope observational research. For astronomers at all levels. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (A. R. Upgren, Choice, June 2004)

From the reviews: <p> a ]The contributed papers cover a wide range of astronomical topics and form a superb case for the regeneration of small-telescope observational research. For astronomers at all levels. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (A. R. Upgren, Choice, June 2004)

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