A grand and bold thing : an extraordinary new map of the universe ushering in a new era of discovery / Ann Finkbeiner

• Stakes worth playing for -- Chicagoland -- Putting on the play -- Photometric war -- Running open loop -- First light -- Drift scanning -- Spectroscopic war -- Precision -- The virtual observatory -- Everything's different -- Jim again. 

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Three-dimensional imaging in astronomy  (LCSH)

Astronomical spectroscopy  (LCSH)

Astronomy  -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- Data processing (LCSH)

Astronomical instruments  -- Technological innovations (LCSH)

Galaxies  -- Observations (LCSH)

Quasars  -- Observations (LCSH)

Personnamn

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

Klassifikation

QB465 (LCC)

520.22/3 (DDC)

Ua (kssb/8 (machine generated))