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Astronomical Detectors & Spectrographs: Observation, Measurement & Evidence

Modern astronomy depends on detectors that count or measure incoming radiation and instruments that separate that radiation by wavelength. Imaging reveals morphology and brightness, while spectroscopy reveals composition, temperature, density, magnetic fields, and line-of-sight motion.

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Modern astronomy depends on detectors that count or measure incoming radiation and instruments that separate that radiation by wavelength.

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Photons create charge in a semiconductor detector, and electronics measure that charge after an exposure.

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