Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

The ESO jIAC Workshop on Quasar Hosts was held in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, from 24 to 27 September 1996 in the...  Read More >>

It has always been ESO's aim to operate the VLT in an interferometric mode (VLTI) which allows the coherent combination...  Read More >>

This is the first volume of a series on a regular up-to-date coverage of important developments in astronomy and...  Read More >>

This book is intended to present a background for students in astronomy and related sciences, such as geophysics,...  Read More >>

A detailed study of the science, engineering and applications of terahertz technology, based on room-temperature...  Read More >>

As the IUE has been the product of the three-way collaboration between the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration...  Read More >>

Recent advances in observational and theoretical efforts in understanding the nature of cataclysmic variables had...  Read More >>

Radio telescopes have transformed our understanding of the Universe. Pulsars, quasars, Big Bang cosmology: all are...  Read More >>

The biography of the late, great Sir Bernard Lovell, the Isaac Newton of radio astronomy . The life of this modern...  Read More >>

The book provides a detailed introduction to molecular astrophysics and an array of useful techniques for observing...  Read More >>

The state of the art in high-contrast imaging systems that have been built for space-based observation, the environment...  Read More >>

It describes the control systems used to point the telescope and operate its cameras and spectrographs, as well...  Read More >>

Thanks to the rapid and amazing developments that have been made in digital cameras – not those specialist cool-chip...  Read More >>

This book provides a coherent review of NDVI including its origin, its availability, its associated advantages and...  Read More >>

The Hidden Hypotheses Behind the Big Bang It is quite unavoidable that many philosophical a priori assumptions lurk...  Read More >>

All theoretical and observational topics relevant to the understanding of the thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernova...  Read More >>

This book explores intriguing cases in which astronomy has been used as a tool to solve mysteries from art, history,...  Read More >>

Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets...  Read More >>

Over the last few years it has become apparent that fluid turbulence shares many common features with plasma turbulence,...  Read More >>

Nu­ merical astrophysics ranks with other tool-oriented astronomy such as ra­ dio astronomy, infrared astronomy,...  Read More >>

The Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) is a NASA Explorer mission that is the first space...  Read More >>

Contains papers reporting the first scientific results from the SOHO mission as well as descriptions of the in-flight...  Read More >>

TheideaforthisbookoriginatedintheLaSillaobservatorywheretwoofthe editorsweredoingphase-resolvedspectroscopyofsomecataclysmicvariable...  Read More >>

The book contains courses taught to a public of Ph. D. students, post-docs and con?rmed researchers in all ?elds...  Read More >>

Gives a broad synthesis of the knowledge and understanding of the plasma physics behind the aurora, one of the most...  Read More >>