Astronomical spectrographs and their history
Astronomical spectrographs analyse light emitted by the Sun, stars, galaxies and other objects in the Universe, and have been used in astronomy since the early nineteenth century. This book provides a comprehensive account of spectrographs from an historical perspective, from their theory and develo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38422633*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The historical development of astronomical spectroscopes and spectrographs
- The theory of spectroscopes and spectrographs
- High resolution spectrographs
- Solar spectrographs and the history of solar spectroscopy
- Objective prism spectrographs
- Ultraviolet and nebular spectroscopy
- Multi-object spectrographs
- Ten pioneering spectrographs of the late twentieth century.
