Optical Systems for Astronomy - Hardcover

by Eduard Muslimov (Guest Editor), Gennady G. Valyavin (Guest Editor)

This collection of papers covers a number of topics related to the astronomical optics. In particular, it describes proposed ground-based and space instruments, novel optical design concepts, telescopes alignment techniques, cryogenic systems for astronomy, adaptive optics and mirror polishing. In total, it comprises 15 research articles and 1 review, which were published as a special issue of Photonics Journal.