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Title:
Surveying the skies : how astronomers map the universe / Gareth Wynn-Williams.
Author:
Wynn-Williams, C. G. (C. Gareth), 1944- author.
Publication Information:
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.

©2016
Call Number:
QB44.3 .W966 2016
ISBN:
9783319285085
Series:
Astronomers' universe,

Astronomers' universe.
Physical Description:
xi, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The naked eye era -- The telescope era -- The photography era -- Radio surveys -- Infrared surveys -- The cosmic microwave background -- Ultraviolet surveys -- X-ray surveys -- Gamma ray surveys -- Space astrometry -- The CCD era -- Microsurveys -- Accessing astronomy surveys -- Appendices.
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