Astronomical photometry past, present, and future /
This book will bring together experts in the field of astronomical photometry to discuss how their subfields provide the precision and accuracy in astronomical energy flux measurements that are needed to permit tests of astrophysical theories. Differential photometers and photometry, improvements in...
| Other Authors: | Milone, E. F., 1939-, Sterken, C., IAU Commission 25., American Astronomical Society. Historical Astronomy Division., American Astronomical Society. |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer,
©2011.
|
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series: |
Astrophysics and space science library ;
v. 373. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Astronomical Photometry; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Photometric Precision and Accuracy; The High Road to Astronomical Photometric Precision: Differential Photometry; High Precision Differential Photometry with CCDs:A Brief History; The Pierce-Blitzstein Photometer; Johnson Photometry and Its Descendants; The Rise and Improvement of Infrared Photometry; On the Use of Photometry in Spectral Classification; Absolute Photometry: Past and Present; Optical Region Spectrophotometry: Past and Present; Measurement of Polarized Light in Astronomy; Index.