Seeing the Unseen: Mount Wilson’s role in high angular resolution astronomy (AAS-IOP Astronomy)
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| Management number | 233377255 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$11.70 | Model Number | 233377255 | ||
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This book provides a detailed history of stellar interferometry as practised at Mount Wilson Observatory. It covers the origin of the field in the early 19th Century, and its subsequent development throughout the last hundred years at the observatory, including the people, instruments, and methods involved in advancing high angular resolution astronomy. Additionally, two extensive appendices cover the importance of Mount Wilson today as well as an interferometry primer. It is an excellent book for historians, astronomers and anyone interested in Mount Wilson.Key FeaturesDescribes the revolutionary work performed at the Mount Wilson Observatory in stellar astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy, and its role in high spatial resolution astronomyFocuses on the history and heritage of Mount WilsonAccessible to specialists, historians, and advanced amateur astronomers Read more
| ASIN | B08NW9DNQS |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0750322072 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 28.3 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 516 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Part of series | AAS-IOP Astronomy |
| Publication date | November 19, 2020 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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