An Introduction to Radio Astronomy

by Bernard F. Burke

New highlights include aperture synthesis, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, and the further exploitation of molecular spectral lines. A new chapter is devoted to the fundamentals of a review of radio observations of our Milky Way galaxy, stars, pulsars, radio galaxies, quasars, and the cosmic microwave background. Reviews of Fourier Transform theory, celestial co-ordinate systems and a historical outline of the subject are provided in appendices.

Genres: Astronomy

408 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1996