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Before we discuss the astrophysics of the Sun and the stars, then the galaxies etc., we give a compact summary in this chapter of the most important astronomical and astrophysical instruments. We start with telescopes and detectors for the optical and the neighboring ultraviolet spectral regions (Sect. 5.1). We then treat instruments for imaging and detecting in the radiofrequency and the infrared regions (Sect. 5.2). Finally, we introduce instruments for high-energy astronomy, the observation of cosmic rays and gamma rays (Sect. 5.3) as well as telescopes and detectors for the X-ray and extreme ultraviolet regions (Sect. 5.4).
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Unsöld, A., Baschek, B. (2002). Astronomical and Astrophysical Instruments. In: The New Cosmos. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04356-1_5
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