Internet Resources for Professional Astronomy: Proceedings of the IX Canary Islands Winter School of AstrophysicsMark Kidger, Mark Richard Kidger, Ismael Pirez-Fournon, Francisco Sánchez This book presents a comprehensive guide to the impact of the internet on professional astronomy. Each chapter deals with a range of the electromagnetic spectrum, with authors first discussing the corresponding problems for each range, particularly those that can be treated by access to very large databases. They then describe how data and information can be found on the internet, and explain how to access and process this information. This is complemented by a detailed guide to astronomy on the internet, including several hundred links of interest to internet resources, arranged by topic. The book gives examples of the analysis of data from telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, with a step-by-step guide to using such data. Written by experts from all over the world, this book will be of interest to all astronomers, both professional and amateur, and provides a key to the high-tech work of modern astrophysics. |
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Chapter | 5 |
George Miley | 29 |
Chapter 4 | 118 |
Charles Telesco | 131 |
Chapter 5 | 157 |
Chapter 6 | 205 |
Daniel Golombek | 227 |
Andrew Fabian | 283 |
Hermann Brunner | 313 |
Common terms and phrases
A&AS angular resolution aperture ApJS array Astron astronomical catalogues Astronomical Data Astrophys Astrophysics background band calibration CD-ROMs Centre cirrus cluster data analysis Data Archive data sets database detected detector Digitized disk distribution electronic emission energy extragalactic far-IR field files filters flux density format frequency Galactic plane header HII regions Hubble Hubble Space Telescope images Infrared instruments interface interferometer Internet IRAS ISAP journals keywords luminosity maps measurements mission MNRAS near-IR neutron star NVSS objects observations Observatory on-line optical parameters photon pixel plates point source polarisation POSS-I preprints pulsars quasars radiation radio astronomy radio galaxies radio sources range redshift region retrieved ROSAT satellite scan sensitivity server SIMBAD SIRTF Sky Survey solar source catalogues Space Telescope spectral spectrum stars STScI tables telnet temperature wavelength WFPC2 X-ray X-ray astronomy