Optical, Infrared and Radio Astronomy: From Techniques to Observation

Part 1: The basics.- Chapter 1: Setting the scene.- Chapter 2: Pointing the telescope: astronomical coordinates and sky catalogs.- Part 2: Optical Astronomy.- Chapter 3: Optical astronomy: telescopes.- Chapter 4: Telescopes: ground based or in space?.- Chapter 5: Optical astronomy: detectors.- Chapter 6: Optical photometry.- Chapter 7: Optical spectroscopy.- Part 3: The low energy side of classical astronomy.- Chapter 8: Infrared astronomy.- Chapter 9: Radio and submillimeter astronomy: radiotelescopes.- Chapter 10: Radio and submillimeter astronomy: receivers and spectrometers.- Part 4: Instruments acting together: interferometry.- Chapter 11: Interferometry and aperture synthesis.- Chaper 12: Interferometers .- Part 5: Observing.- Chapter 13: Observations: preparation and execution.- Chapter 14: After observation: data analysis.- Chapter 15: Conclusions.