Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs

Amateur astronomers interested in learning more about astronomical spectroscopy now have the guide they need. It provides detailed information about how to get started inexpensively with low-resolution spectroscopy, and then how to move on to more advanced  high-resolution spectroscopy. Uniquely, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkins, Jeffrey L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • From the Contents: Part I Introduction to Spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy Theory
  • Astronomical Spectroscopy Theory
  • Part II Using Amateur Spectrographs
  • Equipment
  • Taking Spectra
  • Low Resolution Spectroscopy with a Star Analyser
  • High Resolution with a Lhires III 2400/600 line/mm gratings
  • Part III Spectrum Processing Software
  • DIY (Excel)
  • RSpec
  • Vspec