The great refractor of Meudon observatory
The large telescope at Meudon, the Grande Lunette, with an 83 centimeter diameter, has become legendary. When it was conceived (after 1870), Astronomy was limited to visual observation. Knowledge of the sky was limited to what one could see with the human eye, assisted only by optical means. The l...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
2013.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Schriftenreihe: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
398 |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • The great refractor of Meudon Observatory, Audouin Dollfus, 2013, New York, Springer Verlag, 1 vol. (150 p.), Astrophysics and space science library, 978-1-461-47287-2 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The largest telescope in Europe The project. Realization. The dome Optics. The frame. The bezel Use. Renovations Observations, discoveries The first observations. Photography (from 1898 to 1904) The beginnings of spectroscopy (1898 to 1904) Revelations of the planets (from 1909 to 1935) The polarization of light (from 1924 to 1929) The explosions of stars. High magnification (1935 to 1956) Double stars. Returning to the planets (from 1956 to 1973) Half service to science (1973 to 1990)