The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope
Written by one of the astronomers who 'lived the dream' of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded diary featuring the 'birth and long life' of what was a truely innovative telescope. Based on input received from people involved in its planning, building, operation...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
| Series: | Springer Praxis Books
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Conception
- Design and Planning
- The Project Advances
- To Hawaii
- Making It Work.- Early Operations 1980-1981
- Consolidation 1982-1985
- IRCAM:The beginning of the Array Revolution
- Cooled grating Spectrographs
- Changes at the Top
- Upgrading the telescope for the 21st century
- Restructuring ( 1995)
- ORAC It pipes, therefore it is. 1996-2000
- Michelle (95-2004)
- Departures 2000-2002
- Flexible Scheduling and the OMP 2001-2003
- UIST 2000-2009
- The new era of Wide-field Astronomy at UKIRT
- Into A Third decade.- UKIRT under threat
- Battle for Survival
- The Axe Falls
- Epilogue