Seeing the Unseen - Mount Wilson’s role in high angular resolution astronomy

This book tells the story of the origin of stellar interferometry and how it subsequently developed at the Mount Wilson Observatory. It covers the instruments, methods and people involved in the advancement of high angular resolution astronomy at the Observatory, and is an excellent book for historians, astronomers and anyone interested in Mount Wilson.

About the author

Harold A McAlister is regents professor emeritus of astronomy at Georgia State University where he founded the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) in 1983 and served as its director until he retired in 2015. As principal investigator for the CHARA Array, he led the team that turned a dream into a reality when ground was broken on Mount Wilson on July 13 1996. During 2002-2014 he served pro bono as CEO of the Mount Wilson Institute and director of Mount Wilson Observatory.

Product details

• Authors: Harold A. McAlister
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2020
• EAN: 9780750322065
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-2206-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 264 mm x 186 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 864 g
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and in black and white
• Series: AAS-IOP Astronomy
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy