Infrared Astronomy With Iso/L'Astronomie Infrarouge Et LA Mission Iso, Hardcover by Encrenaz, T.; Kessler, M. F. (EDT), ISBN 1560720786, ISBN-13 9781560720782, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK

Proceedings of the workshop on [title], held in Les Houches, France, June 1991, designed to help the astronomical community in the preparation of observations for the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) satellite. This mission, which will explore the infrared sky during 18 months (1) in Earth orbit, will be one of the major projects of space astronomy in this decade. Various articles deal with ISO, its instruments and the general background of infrared astronomy, from solar system studies to cosmology. Others are specific studies related to recent IR instrumental results, technical aspects, as well as other ground-based and space projects. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.