New frontiers in ground-based optical astronomy

Details New frontiers in ground-based optical astronomy New frontiers in ground-based optical astronomy

Jul 1991

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Sky and Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604), vol. 82, July 1991, p. 18-23.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Charge Coupled Devices, Gamma Ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, Space Infrared Telescope Facility, Space Observations (From Earth), X Ray Astrophysics Facility, Astronomical Photometry, Galactic Evolution, Ground Stations, Infrared Astronomy

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Technological advances made in telescope designs during 1980's are outlined, including a segmented primary mirror for a 10-m telescope, new mirror-figuring techniques, and control systems based on computers and electronics. A new detector technology employing CCD's and advances in high-resolution telescopes are considered, along with such areas of research ready for major advances given new observing tools as the origin of large-scale structures in the universe, the creation and evolution of galaxies, and the formation of stars and planetary systems. Attention is focused on circumstellar disks, dust veils, jets, and brown dwarfs.

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