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Coherence Problems in High-Resolution Microdensitometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. B. Parrent
G. B. Parrent*
Affiliation:
Joyce, Loebl & Co. Ltd., Gateshead

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My background is neither astronomy nor instrumentation but rather image analysis. Hence, I am not going to describe new equipment nor new astronomical findings, but rather some difficulties which have arisen in other fields where images must be interpreted and manipulated, and which are sure to arise in astronomy as well.

I shall limit my attention to problems arising from coherence of the radiation in the analysing instrument and attempt to isolate their source and give guidance on how to recognize them and avoid them.

Type
Part III. Automated Measuring Equipment
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 11: Automation in Optical Astrophysics , 1971 , pp. 160 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Observatory 1971

References

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