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Before the light of astronomical objects reaches the Earth’s surface and thus the telescope of an observatory or the receiver (CCD, photoplate, eye), it is exposed to numerous changes:
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The entrance pupil is equal to the aperture of the objective (mirror).
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The first photograph was made by Nicéphore 1826.
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So-called tip tilt correction.
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Conducted with automated 1.3-m telescopes in Arizona and Chile.
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Wolter, 1952.
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Named after the astrophysicist Chandrasekhar (1910–1995), 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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n a indicates the ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in air.
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1860, Kirchhoff.
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With reflection in the Brewster angle complete polarization.
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First detection 1990.
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P. Zeeman, 1896.
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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
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Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
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Hanslmeier, A. (2023). Astronomical Instruments. In: Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64637-3_5
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