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In General > s.a. astrophysics; cosmology; history
of astronomy; orbits [celestial
mechanics]; stars.
@ General references: Audouze et al 94 [atlas]; Coles CQG(02)in
[extragalactic].
@ Status: NS(90)sep29, 38-42; PW(91)jan,
33; Seery et al ap/98-in;
Gilmozzi SA(06)may [future telescopes].
@ Purpose of astronomy: Davoust ViA(95)ap; Bahcall ap/97.
@ I: Harrison 87; Kippenhahn 87; Lightman 92; Bartusiak 93; Pasachoff
et al 94 [objects]; Longair 96; Odenwald 03 [astro café].
@ II: Shu 82; Unsoeld & Baschek 83; Friedlander 85; Zeilik 93;
Kaufmann 94; Fix 95; Morrison et al 95; Pasachoff 95; Chaisson & McMillan
99; Bennett et al 02; Kutner 03; Roy & Clarke 03 [IIb]; Barbieri 07 [IIb].
@ III: Hoyle 75 [and cosmology]; Shipman 80 [especially black hole and
cosmology]; Acker & Jaschek
86.
@ Related topics: AS 78(90)407 [cartoons];
Andernach ap/98-in
[internet resources];
Mullane 97 [space travel]; Ifland 98 [celestial navigation]; Lahav ap/01-in
[surveys, sociology]; Gaither & Cavazos-Gaither
02 [quotations]; Norris IAU(05)ap [management
of data]; Bailey & Slater AJP(05)RL
[teaching]; Price et al ap/06 [Slacker
Astronomy Podcast]; Forbes a0805 [aspiring
professional
astronomers]; > s.a. chaos; computation [data
management]; gravitating
matter.
> Online resources: Heydari-Malayeri ap/07 and Etymological
Dictionary.
Observation Methods > s.a. cmb; cosmic
rays; gamma
ray and neutrino astronomy;
gravitational waves.
@ General references: Krisciunas ap/99-in
[history]; Bradt
03 [II/III]; Anchordoqui ap/04-in
[neutrons, neutrinos, ...].
@ Virtual observatories: Borne ap/00-in, ap/00-in;
Djorgovski ap/02-in
[and small telescopes], & Williams ap/05-in
[rev].
@ Related topics: Lowman & Lester PT(06)nov
[observatories on the Moon?].
Radio Astronomy > s.a. universe
contents [21-cm background].
* Interferometry: 1998, The precision at wavelengths of about 1 cm
is about 1 nrad.
@ References: Begelman et al RMP(84);
SA(88)jan [VLBA]; SA(93)jun [radio galaxies]; Verschuur 87; Malphrus 96 [history];
Thompson et al 98 [interferometry]; Sovers et al RMP(98);
Andernach ap/98-in
[internet resources]; Furlanetto et al PRP(06)
[21 cm, high redshift].
Infrared Astronomy > s.a. observational
cosmology [cib].
* 1980's: IRAS satellite (NASA).
* 1995: Infrared Space
Observatory put into orbit (ESA): 3-200 micron, 10 times the spatial resolution
of IRAS, more sensitive.
@ References: NS(95)nov4; Richards & McCreight PT(05)feb
[detectors].
Optical Astronomy > s.a. lensing.
* Telescopes: Keck I & II, Mauna Kea, HI; Hubble Space Telescope
{Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2}.
* Liquid mirrors: The
advantage is that to give them the required parabolic profile all one needs
to
do is to place them on a spinning platter; The disadvantage is that they can
only point straight up.
@ Telescopes: Martin et al PT(91)mar
[ground-based]; Roggemann et al RMP(97).
@ Interferometry: Beardsley SA(96)jul; Bedding ap/96-in,
ap/00-in;
Saha & Morel
ap/00/BASI;
Hajian & Armstrong SA(01)mar; Saha RMP(02)ap;
Haniff & Buscher pw(03)may;
Millour a0804.
@ HST: Hoyle Nat(90)apr;
Fosbury ap/96-in
[future]; Ellis ap/97-in,
Ferguson et al ARAA(00)ap
[Deep Fields].
@ Adaptive optics:
Hardy SA(94)may; Thompson PT(94)dec.
@ Related topics: Hardy PW(94)may,
40
[CCD's]; Cabanac ap/97-in,
Borra ap/97-in, ap/01 [liquid
mirrors]; Hinz et al Nat(98)sep
[starlight nulling]; news Sci(99)jun
[future large
telescopes];
Gibbs
SA(05)dec
[mirrors]; Hickson AS(07)may
[liquid
mirrors].
UV Astronomy
@ Surveys: PW(94)jan, 35; Brosch ap/96-in.
@ Extreme uv: Bowyer SA(94)aug.
X-Ray Astronomy > s.a. astronomical
objects; black hole phenomenology; neutron
stars.
* History: 1969, First
X-ray satellite observatory was Uhuru, launched from Kenya (on the V anniversary
of the Kenyan independence, its name
means "freedom" in kiswahili); 1999–2000, Major development
with the launch of Chandra, which resolved most of the X-ray background into
individual
sources.
* Sources: One of the
intrinsically strongest sources is Cygnus X-3 (irregular, binary, possibly
neutron star + companion, T 
4.79
hr); An intriguing possibility
for a black hole is Cygnus X-1; SS433 is an X-ray binary.
@ Books: Tucker & Giacconi 85 [I]; Charles & Stedward 95.
@ Overviews: Fabian ap/00-in
[in cosmology]; Day PT(00)may
[status]; Blandford ap/02-in
[status]; White ap/02-in
[future]; Hasinger ap/02-in
[cosmic
X-ray background]; Blandford PTRS(02)ap/03.
@ X-ray binaries: Gursky & van den Heuvel SA(75); van den Heuvel
& van Paradijs SA(93)nov; Helfand PT(95)nov;
Bonnet-Bidaud & Chardin PRP(88)
[Cyg X-3].
@ Related topics: van der Klis SA(88)nov [quasi-periodic]; Kouveliotou & van
Paradijs AS(97) [X-ray bursts]; Bhardwaj et al ap/02-in
[from small solar system
objects].
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