Optical Systems for Astronomy

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2024
• Subjects: aberration correction; adaptive optics; aerospace; angle-only measurement; astronomical spectrograph; astronomical telescopes; Astronomy, space and time; atmospheric turbulence; autocorrelation; bimorph deformable mirror; BTA (Big Telescope Alt-Azimuthal); catadioptric telescope; CCD; Clinical and internal medicine; clocking; common-path; composite hologram; computer-controlled optical surfacing; cross-section; cryogenic receivers; cryogenic systems; cube corners; diffraction efficiency; direct imaging; Diseases and disorders; dynamic environment; exoplanet direct imaging; exoplanets; fabrication; fast radio bursts; fully depleted scientific detectors; gamma-ray bursts; ghost fringes; gradient anti-reflection coating; grism; image degradation; imaging spectroscopy; initial orbit determination; instrument optimisation; instrumentation; intelligent controllers; interfero-coronagraph; interferometry; IR and optical ranges; IR and optics ranges; Kolmogorov spectra; LC-SLM; Lunar Laser Ranging; manufacturing; Mathematics and Science; Medicine and Nursing; meteors; noise model; Oncology; optical and radio astronomy; optical observations; orbit association methods; phase retrieval; phase-shifting interferometry; photomerty; photometry; point spread function; point-spread functions; power spectral density; precise orbit determination; quantum efficiency; radio astronomy; radio waves; RATAN-600 (Radio Astronomical Telescope Academy of Sciences—600 m in diameter); red dwarfs; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; retroreflectors; rotational shear interferometer; Satellite Laser Ranging; Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor; simulation; slitless spectroscopy; space situational awareness; spectroscopy; spoiling; stacked-actuator deformable mirror; star map; statistics; stellar coronagraphy; superconductivity; terahertz range; tool influence function; tool size; transient events; transients; turbulence simulation; ultraviolet; velocity aberration; volume-phase hologram; wavefront control and correction; wavefront correction; wavefront sensing; wavefront sensing and correction; wavefront sensors; white dwarfs; wide-field instruments; WSO–UV
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-7258-1945-4
• ISBN: 9783725819454; 3725819459; 3725819467; 9783725819461

This collection of papers covers a number of topics related to the astronomical optics. In particular, it describes proposed ground-based and space instruments, novel optical design concepts, telescopes alignment techniques, cryogenic systems for astronomy, adaptive optics and mirror polishing. In total, it comprises 15 research articles and 1 review, which were published as a special issue of Photonics Journal.