Surveying the Skies (eBook)

How Astronomers Map the Universe
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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XI, 187 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-28510-8 (ISBN)

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Surveying the Skies - Gareth Wynn-Williams
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Since the time of Galileo, astronomy has been driven by technological innovation. With each major advance has come the opportunity and enthusiasm to survey the sky in a way that was not possible before.  It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this book.

In the first few chapters the author discusses what astronomers learned from visible-light surveys, first with the naked eye, then using telescopes in the seventeenth century, and photography in the nineteenth century. He then moves to the second half of the twentieth century when the skies started to be swept by radio, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma ray telescopes, many of which had to be flown in satellites above the Earth's atmosphere. These surveys led to the discovery of pulsars, quasars, molecular clouds, protostars, bursters, and black holes. 

He then returns to Earth to describe several currently active large-scale projects that methodically collect images, photometry and spectra that are then stored in vast publicly-accessible databases.  Dr. Wynn-Williams also describes several recent 'microsurveys' - detailed studies of small patches of sky that have led to major advances in our understanding of cosmology and exoplanets.

 




Born in London, Gareth Wynn-Williams received his BA and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Cambridge, specializing in radio astronomy.  He then switched wavelength to spend two years doing postdoctoral research with the infrared astronomy group at Caltech. He held a faculty teaching position at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge University for five years before taking up a professorship at the University of Hawaii in 1978, where he remained until he retired in 2012.  His research focus throughout his career has been interstellar matter in the Milky Way and in other galaxies.


Born in London, Gareth Wynn-Williams received his BA and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Cambridge, specializing in radio astronomy.  He then switched wavelength to spend two years doing postdoctoral research with the infrared astronomy group at Caltech. He held a faculty teaching position at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge University for five years before taking up a professorship at the University of Hawaii in 1978, where he remained until he retired in 2012.  His research focus throughout his career has been interstellar matter in the Milky Way and in other galaxies.

Introduction.- The Five Ages of Astronomy.- The Naked Eye Era.- The Telescope Era.- The Photography Era.- Radio Surveys.- Near-Infrared Surveys.- Far-infrared Surveys.- Ultraviolet Surveys.- X-ray Surveys - Gamma Ray Surveys.- The Gigasurvey Era.- Special Surveys.- Index.- Appendices.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.6.2016
Reihe/Serie Astronomers' Universe
Astronomers' Universe
Zusatzinfo XI, 187 p. 129 illus., 89 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Technik
Schlagworte Electromagnetic Spectrum Observations • Far Infra-red Surveys • Gamma-ray Astronomy Surveys • Invisible forms of Light • Near-infrared Surveys • Overview Astronomical Sky Surveys • Radio Astronomy Surveys • Ultraviolet Astronomy Surveys • X-ray Astronomy Surveys
ISBN-10 3-319-28510-6 / 3319285106
ISBN-13 978-3-319-28510-8 / 9783319285108
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