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Genre/Form: | Observations Charts, diagrams, etc |
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Named Person: | J E Gunn; J E Gunn |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ann K Finkbeiner |
ISBN: | 9781416552161 1416552162 9781439196472 1439196478 |
OCLC Number: | 845665176 |
Notes: | Includes index |
Description: | IX, 223 Seiten |
Contents: | Stakes worth playing for -- Chicagoland -- Putting on the play -- The photometric pipeline war -- Running open loop -- First light -- Driftscanning -- Spectroscopic war -- Precision -- The virtual observatory -- Everything's different -- Jim again. |
Responsibility: | Ann Finkbeiner |
More information: |
Abstract:
Finkbeiner tells the extraordinary story of a group of astronomers that decides to create an enormous map of the universe, an extremely detailed computerized observatory

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- Gunn, J. E. -- (James Edward), -- 1938-
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- Quasars -- Observations.
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