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Basic Optics for the Astronomical Sciences
Author(s): James B. Breckinridge (Author)
- Publisher: SPIE Press
- Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 400 pages
- ISBN-10: 0819483664
- ISBN-13: 9780819483669
Book Description
Provides students of astronomy and engineers an understanding of optical science – the study of the generation, propagation, control, and measurement of optical radiation – as it applies to telescopes and instruments for astronomical research in the areas of astrophysics, astrometry, exoplanet characterization, and planetary science.
