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Wide-Field Spectroscopy

Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the Working Group of IAU Commission 9 on “Wide-Field Imaging” held in Athens, Greece, May 20–25, 1996

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  1. E. Kontizas

    1. Astronomical Institute, National Observatory of Athens, Greece

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  2. M. Kontizas

    1. Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece

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  3. D. H. Morgan

    1. U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK

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  4. G. P. Vettolani

    1. Istituto di Radioastronomia, CNR, Bologna, Italy

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 212)

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Table of contents (69 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
    PDF

  2. Instruments - Observatory Projects - Data Storing and Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    4. Flair on the UK Schmidt Telescope

      • Q. A. Parker
      Pages 25-31

    6. The Spectroscopic Survey of the SDSS

      • R. G. Kron
      Pages 41-48

    7. Spectroscopy with FORS

      • O. Stahl, W. Seifert, W. Fürtig, H. Böhnhardt, S. Kiesewetter-Köbinger, A. Reeg et al.
      Pages 49-54

    8. The VLT-VIRMOS Deep Redshift Survey

      • O. Le Fèvre, P. Vettolani, J. G. Cuby, D. Maccagni, D. Mancini, A. Mazure et al.
      Pages 55-62

    11. The Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs

      • J. Allington-Smith, P. Bettess, E. Chadwick, R. Content, R. Davies, G. Dodsworth et al.
      Pages 73-79

    12. Multi-Object Spectroscopy and Radio Surveys

      • J. V. Wall, C. A. Jackson
      Pages 81-86

    13. The Spectroscopic Plate Archives in the Wide-Field Plate Database

      • M. K. Tsvetkov, K. Y. Stavrev, K. P. Tsvetkova, E. H. Semkov, A. S. Mutafov
      Pages 87-93

    14. Exploring Terabyte Archives in Astronomy

      • A. S. Szalay, R. J. Brunner
      Pages 95-101

    15. Automated Objective Prism Spectral Classification Using Neural Networks

      • F. Pasian, R. Smareglia, P. Hantzios, A. Dapergolas, I. Bellas-Velidis
      Pages 103-108

    16. Automatic Classification of Digitized Objective Prism Spectra

      • Norbert Christlieb, Gerd Grasshoff, Andreas Nelke, Lutz Wisotzki
      Pages 109-113

    17. The New Multifunctional Spectrograph at the Bosque Alegre Station

      • V. Afanasiev, S. Dodonov, G. Goldes, G. Carranza, R. Diaz, S. Paolantonio
      Pages 115-116

    18. Multi-Object Spectrograph TAUMOK

      • Mathias Ball, Rainer Ziener
      Pages 117-118
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About this book

E. KONTIZAS Astronomical Institute National Observatory of Athens P. O. Box 20048 Athens GR-1181O GREECE The international conference on "Wide-Field Spectroscopy" and its sub­ ject matter were agreed during the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 1994 by the Working Group of Com­ mision 9 "Wi de-Field Imaging". This meeting gave an opportunity to world experts on this subject to gather in Athens, in order to discuss the cur­ rent exploitation and the impending opportunities that exist in the area of multi-object spectroscopy, with particular emphasis on: 1. Astronomical instruments, data acquisition, processing and analysis techniques. 2. Astrophysical problems best tackled through wide-field, multi-object spectroscopy. The new fibre optic technology offers an important tool for the advancement of basic research and the development of industrial applications. Astronom­ ical spectroscopy is a field of astronomy which has contributed much to the advancement of fundamental physics. The spectra of hot stars have been used to determine the well-known Balmer formula for the wavelength of hydrogen lines, in the late 19th century. Since then, spectroscopy has made enormous progress in stellar atmosphere studies, in kinematics, and in the detection of high redshifts in the Universe. The traditional techniques of obtaining wide-field spectroscopic data are based on slitless spectroscopy (objective prism). Several observations, world wide, make use ofthese tech­ niques in order to obtain information on the spectral properties of objects in large areas of the sky.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Astronomical Institute, National Observatory of Athens, Greece

    E. Kontizas

  • Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece

    M. Kontizas

  • U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK

    D. H. Morgan

  • Istituto di Radioastronomia, CNR, Bologna, Italy

    G. P. Vettolani

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