| Summary: | A text for graduate students, translated from the French edition of 1986. The seven chapters bear these titles: Astrophysical information; The earth's atmosphere; Photometry; Measurement and processing of signals; Detectors; Images; Spectral analysis. Emphasis throughout is on broad principles applicable whatever the frequency regime. Individual sections tend to be brief, very sharply focused on the essentials. Attractively typeset and illustrated, with exercises at the end of each chapter, and essential references. A valuable contribution to the pedagogical literature of observational astronomy. (NW) Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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