ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION

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ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION 12 LECTURES
TUTORIALS (2 exam questions) A. Murphy
Texts Observational Astrophysics R.C. Smith (On
1-day Loan) Astrophysical Techniques C. R.
Kitchin (On 1-day Loan) High Energy
Astrophysics M. Longair Optical Telescopes,
Detectors and Techniques Radio Telescopes Other
Wavelength Bands X-rays, Gamma-rays, UV, IR
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William Herschel Telescope - La Palma
XMM-Newton X-ray Telescope
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Cosmic Rays
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A 1024x1024-pixel cryogenically-cooled CCD camera
is mounted just below the primary mirror. Filters
are mounted on a computer-controlled slide
device for use in astronomical photometry. A low
resolution fiber-fed spectrograph is also
available.
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Keck Telescope Primary Mirror 10 m
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ESO- VLT mirror
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Altair Regulus from Mt Wilson 100 AO
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• Hubble Space Telescope R136 cluster in the LMC
• Effect of diffraction limited seeing
• From ground
• Hubble before fix still with aberration
• Deconvolved using stable aberrated beam
  information
• Hubble after fix diffraction limited resolution