The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design
This volume presents a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design. It provides a general introduction to every aspect of telescope design and discusses the theory behind telescope design in depth. Telescope component design is also covered. The book pay...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US,
2009.
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| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library,
360 |
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b105475 |
Table of Contents:
- Dedication
- Contributing Authors
- Preface of English edition
- Preface of Chinese edition
- Acknowledgments
- Fundamentals of Optical Telescopes
- Mirror Design of Optical Telescopes
- Telescope Structures and Control System
- Advanced Techniques for Optical Telescopes
- Space Telescopes and Their Development
- Fundamentals of Radio Telescopes
- Radio Telescope Design
- Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Wavelength Telescopes
- Infrared, Ultra-violet, X-ray, and Gamma Ray Telescopes
- Gravitational Wave, Cosmic Ray and Dark Matter Telescopes
- Review of Astronomical Telescopes
- Appendix A: Abbreviations of telescope names
- Appendix B: Prefixes for standard units
- Index.