Astronomical technology - the past and the future

• Verfasst von: Appenzeller, Immo [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Astronomical technology - the past and the future
• Titelzusatz: Karl Schwarzschild Award Lecture 2015
• Verf.angabe: I. Appenzeller
• E-Jahr: 2016
• Jahr: 2016 Aug 04
• Umfang: 9 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 18.08.2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Astronomische Nachrichten
• Ort Quelle: Berlin : Wiley-VCH Verl., 1823
• Jahr Quelle: 2016
• Band/Heft Quelle: 337(2016), 7, Seite 694-702
• ISSN Quelle: 1521-3994
• DOI: doi:10.1002/asna.201612360
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: history and philosophy of astronomy
• Sach-SW: instrumentation: detectors
• Sach-SW: instrumentation: polarimeters
• Sach-SW: techniques: spectroscopic
• Sach-SW: telescopes
• K10plus-PPN: 1727343085

Abstract

The past fifty years have been an epoch of impressive progress in the field of astronomical technology. Practically all the technical tools, which we use today, have been developed during that time span. While the first half of this period has been dominated by advances in the detector technologies, during the past two decades innovative telescope concepts have been developed for practically all wavelength ranges where astronomical observations are possible. Further important advances can be expected in the next few decades. Based on the experience of the past, some of the main sources of technological progress can be identified. (© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)