LEADER 03662nam 22006135 450 001 9910254643003321 005 20200706051051.0 010 $a3-319-28510-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-28510-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000732120 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-28510-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4560276 035 $z(PPN)258855940 035 $a(PPN)194379280 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000732120 100 $a20160617d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSurveying the Skies$b[electronic resource] $eHow Astronomers Map the Universe /$fby Gareth Wynn-Williams 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 187 p. 129 illus., 89 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-319-28508-4 327 $aThe Five Ages of Astronomy -- The Naked Eye Era -- The Telescope Era -- The Photography Era -- Radio Surveys -- Near-Infrared Surveys -- Far-infrared Surveys -- Ultraviolet Surveys -- X-ray Surveys - Gamma Ray Surveys -- The Gigasurvey Era -- Special Surveys. 330 $aSince the time of Galileo, astronomy has been driven by technological innovation. With each major advance has come the opportunity and enthusiasm to survey the sky in a way that was not possible before.  It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this book. In the first few chapters the author discusses what astronomers learned from visible-light surveys, first with the naked eye, then using telescopes in the seventeenth century, and photography in the nineteenth century. He then moves to the second half of the twentieth century when the skies started to be swept by radio, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma ray telescopes, many of which had to be flown in satellites above the Earth?s atmosphere. These surveys led to the discovery of pulsars, quasars, molecular clouds, protostars, bursters, and black holes.  He then returns to Earth to describe several currently active large-scale projects that methodically collect images, photometry and spectra that are then stored in vast publicly-accessible databases.  Dr. Wynn-Williams also describes several recent ?microsurveys? ? detailed studies of small patches of sky that have led to major advances in our understanding of cosmology and exoplanets.  . 410 0$aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 606 $aObservations, Astronomical 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aHistory 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aObservations, Astronomical. 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a520 700 $aWynn-Williams$b Gareth$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0814116 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254643003321 996 $aSurveying the Skies$92527098 997 $aUNINA