Digitised Optical Sky Surveys

by H. T. Mac Gillivray (Editor)

Overview

Astronomical photographs contain an enormous amount of information. This presents extremely interesting problems when one wishes to produce digitised sky atlases, to archive the digitised material, to develop sophisticated devices to do the digitising, and to create software to procecc the vast amounts of data. All these activities are necessary to be able to do astronomy. One such activity is the important, large-scale optical identification of objects which also emit radiation at other wavelengths. Other activities of the past decade include a multiplicity of surveys that have been made on galaxies and clusters of galaxies. This book treats, in five sections, the existing and future surveys, their digitisation and their impact on astronomy. It is a reference for people in the field and for those who wish to engage in using or producing sky surveys.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792316428
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	03/31/1992
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series , #174
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.19(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Part One: Sky Surveys and Calibration Programmes. Part Two: Digitisation Programmes — Current and Planned. Part Three: Developments in Techniques — Compression, Astrometry, Photometry and Object Classification. Part Four: Astronomy from Large-Scale Digitised Surveys. Part Five: Optical Identification Programmes Using Digitised Surveys. Author Index. Subject Index. Object Index.

Editorial Reviews

The proceedings papers are divided into five subject areas: sky surveys and calibration programs; digitization programs--current and planned; development in techniques--compression, astrometry, photometry and object classification; astronomy from large scale digitized surveys; and optical identification programs using digitized surveys. Presenters are from a wide range of backgrounds including engineers, photographers, software specialists, and astronomers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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