The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design

by Jingquan Cheng

Overview

This book presents a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design. It provides a general introduction to every aspect of telescope design. It also discusses the theory behind telescope design in depth, which makes it a good reference book for professionals. It covers Radio, Infrared, Optical, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray wavelengths. Originally published in Chinese.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387887906
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	05/28/2009
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library , #360
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	634
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

Table of Contents

Fundamentals of Optical Telescopes.- Mirror Design For Optical Telescopes.- Telescope Structures and Control System.- Advanced Techniques for Optical Telescopes.- Space Telescope Projects and their Development.- Fundamentals of Radio Telescopes.- Radio Telescope Design.- Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelength Telescopes.- Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-Ray, and Gamma Ray Telescopes.- Gravitational Wave, Cosmic Ray and Dark Matter Telescopes.- Review of Astronomical Telescopes.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This 630-page book provides a very comprehensive engineering and science study of telescopes used for astronomy … . The technical level of the book is for graduate engineers and astronomers … . I reviewed some of the algebra in detail and found it to be complete and understandable. … I predict that the book will find broad use among the engineering and astronomical communities for years into the future, and I recommend this book to astronomers and engineers who build astronomical telescopes and instruments.” (James B. Breckinridge, The Observatory, Vol. 130, October, 2010)

“The book offers more of an encyclopedic review of a wide range of facets on the subjects of design, construction, calibration, and operation of telescopes used in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. … A short chapter with tables of all major telescopes in the world closes the book. … The book will be most useful to readers with an understanding of … telescope, who want to obtain a feeling for how problems in other wavelength regimes have been attacked.” (Jacob W. M. Baars, The Radio Science Bulletin, Issue 335, December, 2010)

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