Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Herschel Opens Up the Invisible Universe
- 3 1800–1950
- 4 Dying Stars Shrouded in Dust and Stars Being Born
- 5 Birth of Submillimetre Astronomy
- 6 The Cosmic Microwave Background, Echo of the Big Bang
- 7 The Infrared Astronomical Satellite and the Opening Up of Extragalactic Infrared Astronomy
- 8 The Cosmic Background Explorer and the Ripples, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Dark Energy
- 9 Giant Ground-Based Near-Infrared and Submillimetre Telescopes
- 10 The Infrared Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope
- 11 Our Solar System’s Dusty Debris Disk and the Search for Exoplanets
- 12 The Future
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Credits for Illustrations
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Credits for Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Herschel Opens Up the Invisible Universe
- 3 1800–1950
- 4 Dying Stars Shrouded in Dust and Stars Being Born
- 5 Birth of Submillimetre Astronomy
- 6 The Cosmic Microwave Background, Echo of the Big Bang
- 7 The Infrared Astronomical Satellite and the Opening Up of Extragalactic Infrared Astronomy
- 8 The Cosmic Background Explorer and the Ripples, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Dark Energy
- 9 Giant Ground-Based Near-Infrared and Submillimetre Telescopes
- 10 The Infrared Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope
- 11 Our Solar System’s Dusty Debris Disk and the Search for Exoplanets
- 12 The Future
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Credits for Illustrations
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Figures 1.1, 1.4, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.1, 8.3, 9.1, 10.8, 10.10, 11.4, 12.7, Plates I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII: NASA; Figure 1.3: NRAO; Figure 2.1: John Herschel-Shorland; Figures 2.2, 2.3: Science Photo Library; Figure 3.1: Royal Observatory Edinburgh; Figure 4.1: D. Milon; Figure 4.3: Edith Low; Figures 4.4, 4.7: California Institute of Technology Archives; Figure 4.6: Bob Gehrz; Figure 4.8: George Rieke; Figure 4.9: Astrophysical Journal; Figure 4.10: Louis Allamandola; Figure 5.1: adapted from Naylor et al. (2000). Figure 5.2: Pat Daly; Figure 5.3: Ian Robson; Figure 5.4: Martin Harwit; Figure 5.5: Bill Hoffmann; Figure 6.1: Alcatel-Lucent; Figure 9.2: Gemini Observatory; Figures 10.1, 10.3, 10.4, 11.7, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, Plates XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI: ESA; Figure 10.2: Ewine van Dishoeck; Figures 10.6, 10.7: Mike Werner; Figure 10.9: Eiichi Egami; Figure 11.1: Brian May; Figure 12.8, Plate XIII: ALMA Observatory; Figures 11.3, 12.9: European Southern Observatory; Plate X: STFC; Plate XIV: Hervé Aussel.
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- Night VisionExploring the Infrared Universe, pp. 203 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013