Automated Data Analysis in Astronomy

• Author(s): Ranjan Gupta,
• Publisher: Narosa Publishing House
• Pages: 364
• ISBN_10: 8173194254
  ISBN_13: 9788173194252
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Sky Observation , Science / Physics / Astrophysics , Science / Physics / General ,

Description:... This work covers data analysis techniques in astronomy, especially the fast and automated means of data analysis. Topics include information on astronomical catalogues, databases and large surveys, and the basics of artificial neural networks and principal component analysis. Also covered is an introduction to the latest data analysis techniques being followed at several astronomical observatories in the areas of imaging, spectroscopy and photometry.