| Titre : |
Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images : From Blurred Pictures to the Very Large Telescope |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Pierre Léna (1937-....), Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Berlin ; Heidelberg ; Dordrecht ; New York ; London ; Paris ; Wien : Springer Verlag |
| Année de publication : |
2020 |
| Importance : |
1 vol. (xiii-271 p.) |
| Présentation : |
ill. en noir et en coul. |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978303055810 |
| Note générale : |
Nombreuses références à l'observatoire de Calern et aux travaux d'Antoine Labeyrie (voir notamment p. 93, p.110 ; p.136) -- Phot. d'Antoine Labeyrie au Plateau de Calern (p.93)- EAN : 9783030558109 . - ISBN : 978-3-030-55810-9 (br.). - ISBN : 3-030-55810-X. -- PPN 25404333X
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| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Tags : |
Télescopes -- Histoire Observatoires astronomiques -- Histoire Astronomie -- Observations -- Histoire Interférométrie -- Histoire Optique adaptative -- Histoire Observatoires astronomiques -- Chili -- Histoire European Southern Observatory (ESO) -- Histoire Observatoire de Calern -- Histoire Observatoire de Calern -- Instruments -- Histoire Très grand télescope ESO GI2T [Grand Interféromètre à 2 Télescopes] SOIRDETE (interféromètre) AMBER [Astronomical Multi-BEam combineR] MIDI [MID-infrared Interferometric instrument] Exoplanètes Trous noirs (Astronomie) Rayonnement gravitationnel -- Mesure -- Instruments Imaging systems in astronomy -- History Astronomical instruments -- History Optical instruments -- History Optics, Adaptive -- History Interferometry Extrasolar planets Very Large Telescope Black holes (Astronomy) Labeyrie, Antoine (1943-....) -- Optique adaptative Tarenghi, Massimo (19..-....) Enard, Daniel (19..-....) European Southern Observatory (ESO) -- History Astronomical observatories -- Chile -- History Optical very large array (OVLA) Adaptive optics near infrared system (ADONIS) Astronomical Multi-Beam combiner (AMBER) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Cambridge optical aperture synthetic telescope (COAST) GRAVITY Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet research (SPHERE) Optical hawaian array for nanoradian astronomy (OHANA) Pioneer (sondes spatiales) GAIA (satellite artificiel ) Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment (MATISSE) Center for High angular resolution astronomy (CHARA) ELT [Extremely Large Telescope] European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) Fiber linked for optical recombination (FLUOR) Infrared and optical telescope array (IOTA) James Webb space telescope (JWST) Precision integrated optics near infrard imaging experiment (PIONIER) Spectrograph for integrated field observations in the near infrared (SINFONI) Spectro-polarimetric high contrast exoplanet research (SPHERE) Visible infrared interferometer (VISIR) VLT Interferometer commissioning instrument (VINCI) Gravitational waves -- Measurement -- Instruments VIRGO (interféromètre) LIGO (interféromètre) VIRGO (interferometer) LIGO (interferometer) |
| Index. décimale : |
522.209 Instruments astronomiques. Télescopes - Histoire |
| Résumé : |
Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes, has been the result of two revolutions : adaptive optics and optical interferometry. Written for a general audience, interwoven with fascinating details about the evolution of vision and optics, this book tells a personal story of these revolutions in observational astronomy, born two centuries ago and blossoming in the past fifty years. With the construction of the Very Large Telescope in Chile, Europe played a leading role where young scientists and engineers have developed a superb creativity. Today, incredibly sharp images of exoplanetary systems and black hole environments are obtained and reveal new questions about Earth-like objects or fundamental physics. The author has been one of the actors of this adventure. His first-hand testimony is opening the future to new horizons. (4e de couverture)
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| Note de contenu : |
Sommaire : 1. One night at Paranal. - 2. From the dawn of time - 3. Too good to be true ? adaptive optics - 4. The quest for sharp images : interferometry. - 5. The Very Large Telescope : a twofold victory over blur. - 6. Images of exoplanets. - 7. Our neighbour, the black hole. - 8. The future lies in the details - 9. Epilogue. - Liste alphabétique des téléscopes et instruments p. 241-250. - Glossaire p.251-256. - Bibliogr. p. 257-265. - Index p. 267-271. |
Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images : From Blurred Pictures to the Very Large Telescope [texte imprimé] / Pierre Léna (1937-....), Auteur . - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; Dordrecht ; New York ; London ; Paris ; Wien : Springer Verlag, 2020 . - 1 vol. (xiii-271 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 24 cm. ISSN : 978303055810 Nombreuses références à l'observatoire de Calern et aux travaux d'Antoine Labeyrie (voir notamment p. 93, p.110 ; p.136) -- Phot. d'Antoine Labeyrie au Plateau de Calern (p.93)- EAN : 9783030558109 . - ISBN : 978-3-030-55810-9 (br.). - ISBN : 3-030-55810-X. -- PPN 25404333X
Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Tags : |
Télescopes -- Histoire Observatoires astronomiques -- Histoire Astronomie -- Observations -- Histoire Interférométrie -- Histoire Optique adaptative -- Histoire Observatoires astronomiques -- Chili -- Histoire European Southern Observatory (ESO) -- Histoire Observatoire de Calern -- Histoire Observatoire de Calern -- Instruments -- Histoire Très grand télescope ESO GI2T [Grand Interféromètre à 2 Télescopes] SOIRDETE (interféromètre) AMBER [Astronomical Multi-BEam combineR] MIDI [MID-infrared Interferometric instrument] Exoplanètes Trous noirs (Astronomie) Rayonnement gravitationnel -- Mesure -- Instruments Imaging systems in astronomy -- History Astronomical instruments -- History Optical instruments -- History Optics, Adaptive -- History Interferometry Extrasolar planets Very Large Telescope Black holes (Astronomy) Labeyrie, Antoine (1943-....) -- Optique adaptative Tarenghi, Massimo (19..-....) Enard, Daniel (19..-....) European Southern Observatory (ESO) -- History Astronomical observatories -- Chile -- History Optical very large array (OVLA) Adaptive optics near infrared system (ADONIS) Astronomical Multi-Beam combiner (AMBER) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Cambridge optical aperture synthetic telescope (COAST) GRAVITY Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet research (SPHERE) Optical hawaian array for nanoradian astronomy (OHANA) Pioneer (sondes spatiales) GAIA (satellite artificiel ) Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment (MATISSE) Center for High angular resolution astronomy (CHARA) ELT [Extremely Large Telescope] European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) Fiber linked for optical recombination (FLUOR) Infrared and optical telescope array (IOTA) James Webb space telescope (JWST) Precision integrated optics near infrard imaging experiment (PIONIER) Spectrograph for integrated field observations in the near infrared (SINFONI) Spectro-polarimetric high contrast exoplanet research (SPHERE) Visible infrared interferometer (VISIR) VLT Interferometer commissioning instrument (VINCI) Gravitational waves -- Measurement -- Instruments VIRGO (interféromètre) LIGO (interféromètre) VIRGO (interferometer) LIGO (interferometer) |
| Index. décimale : |
522.209 Instruments astronomiques. Télescopes - Histoire |
| Résumé : |
Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes, has been the result of two revolutions : adaptive optics and optical interferometry. Written for a general audience, interwoven with fascinating details about the evolution of vision and optics, this book tells a personal story of these revolutions in observational astronomy, born two centuries ago and blossoming in the past fifty years. With the construction of the Very Large Telescope in Chile, Europe played a leading role where young scientists and engineers have developed a superb creativity. Today, incredibly sharp images of exoplanetary systems and black hole environments are obtained and reveal new questions about Earth-like objects or fundamental physics. The author has been one of the actors of this adventure. His first-hand testimony is opening the future to new horizons. (4e de couverture)
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| Note de contenu : |
Sommaire : 1. One night at Paranal. - 2. From the dawn of time - 3. Too good to be true ? adaptive optics - 4. The quest for sharp images : interferometry. - 5. The Very Large Telescope : a twofold victory over blur. - 6. Images of exoplanets. - 7. Our neighbour, the black hole. - 8. The future lies in the details - 9. Epilogue. - Liste alphabétique des téléscopes et instruments p. 241-250. - Glossaire p.251-256. - Bibliogr. p. 257-265. - Index p. 267-271. |
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Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images (2020)