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Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs

Author : Jeffrey L. Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319014420
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs by : Jeffrey L. Hopkins

Download or read book Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs written by Jeffrey L. Hopkins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, the instructions concentrate very much on the practical aspects of using commercially-available spectroscopes, rather than simply explaining how spectroscopes work. The book includes a clear explanation of the laboratory theory behind astronomical spectrographs, and goes on to extensively cover the practical application of astronomical spectroscopy in detail. Four popular and reasonably-priced commercially available diffraction grating spectrographs are used as examples. The first is a low-resolution transmission diffraction grating, the Star Analyser spectrograph. The second is an inexpensive fiber optic coupled bench spectrograph that can be used to learn more about spectroscopy. The third is a newcomer, the ALPY 600 spectrograph. The fourth spectrograph considered is at the other end of the market both in performance and cost, the high-resolution Lhires III. While considerably more expensive, this is a popular and excellent scientific instrument, that allows more advanced amateur astronomers to produce scientifically valuable data. With all of these tools in place, the amateur astronomer is well-prepared to forger deeper into the night sky using spectroscopy.

Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs

Author : Ken M. Harrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441972390
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs by : Ken M. Harrison

Download or read book Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs written by Ken M. Harrison and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who are looking for a new challenge. After a brief overview of the development of spectroscopes and an introduction to the theory of stellar spectra, the book goes on to examine the various types of spectroscopes available to amateurs. Next, practical sections address all aspects of setting-up and using various types of commercially-available and home-built spectroscopes. A final part gives detailed instructions for the design and construction of three different spectroscopes, along with the necessary design theory (minimal math). The home-made spectroscopes have performance capabilities near or equal to commercial units but are constructed using basic hand tools for a fraction of the cost! This up-to-date practical spectroscopy book will enable amateur astronomers to develop the skills and equipment needed to prepare scientifically acceptable spectra data, and to make a valuable contribution to ProAm projects.

Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers

Author : Marc F. M. Trypsteen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107166187
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers by : Marc F. M. Trypsteen

Download or read book Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers written by Marc F. M. Trypsteen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible guide presents the astrophysical concepts behind astronomical spectroscopy, covering both theoretical and practical elements. Suitable for anyone with only a little background knowledge and access to amateur-level equipment, it will help you understand and practise the scientifically important and growing field of amateur astronomy.

Practical Amateur Spectroscopy

Author : Stephen F. Tonkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447101278
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Amateur Spectroscopy by : Stephen F. Tonkin

Download or read book Practical Amateur Spectroscopy written by Stephen F. Tonkin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains everything an amateur astronomer needs to know to begin observing whilst going relatively deeply into the subject for those who are already involved. Covers a very wide range of available equipment, from simple DIY spectroscopes to the most expensive commercially-made instruments. Describes basic principles so that the reader understands how to analyse the spectra he/she sees or records. Contributions by leading amateurs astronomers from the USA and Europe.

Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them

Author : Ken M. Harrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461413974
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them by : Ken M. Harrison

Download or read book Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them written by Ken M. Harrison and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them is written for amateur astronomers who are just getting into this field of astronomy. Transmission grating spectroscopes look like simple filters and are designed to screw into place on the eyepiece of a telescope for visual use, or into the camera adapter for digicam or CCD imaging. Using the most popular commercially made filter gratings – Rainbow Optics (US) and Star Analyzer (UK) – as examples, this book provides the reader with information on how to set up and use the grating one needs to obtain stellar spectrograms. It also discusses several methods on analyzing the results. This book is written in an easy to read style, perfect for getting started on the first night using the spectroscope, and specifically showing how the simple transmission filter is used on the camera or telescope. No heavy mathematics or formulas are involved, and there are many practical hints and tips – something that is almost essential to success when starting out. This book helps readers to achieve quick results, and by following the worked examples, they can successfully carry out basic analysis of the spectra.

Spectroscopic Instrumentation

Author : Thomas Eversberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662445352
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Spectroscopic Instrumentation written by Thomas Eversberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to analyze the light of cosmic objects, particularly at extremely great distances, spectroscopy is the workhorse of astronomy. In the era of very large telescopes, long-term investigations are mainly performed with small professional instruments. Today they can be done using self-designed spectrographs and highly efficient CCD cameras, without the need for large financial investments. This book explains the basic principles of spectroscopy, including the fundamental optical constraints and all mathematical aspects needed to understand the working principles in detail. It covers the complete theoretical and practical design of standard and Echelle spectrographs. Readers are guided through all necessary calculations, enabling them to engage in spectrograph design. The book also examines data acquisition with CCD cameras and fiber optics, as well as the constraints of specific data reduction and possible sources of error. In closing it briefly highlights some main aspects of the research on massive stars and spectropolarimetry as an extension of spectroscopy. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to spectroscopy for students of physics and astronomy, as well as a valuable resource for amateur astronomers interested in learning the principles of spectroscopy and spectrograph design.

Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars

Author : Keith Robinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387682880
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars written by Keith Robinson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first non-technical book on spectroscopy written specifically for practical amateur astronomers. It includes all the science necessary for a qualitative understanding of stellar spectra, but avoids a mathematical treatment which would alienate many of its intended readers. Any amateur astronomer who carries out observational spectroscopy and who wants a non-technical account of the physical processes which determine the intensity and profile morphology of lines in stellar spectra will find this is the only book written specially for them. It is an ideal companion to existing books on observational amateur astronomical spectroscopy.

Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph

Author : Ken M. Harrison
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331924874X
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph by : Ken M. Harrison

Download or read book Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph written by Ken M. Harrison and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken M. Harrison's latest book is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who want to obtain detailed narrowband images of the Sun using a digital spectroheliograph (SHG). The SHG allows the safe imaging of the Sun without the expense of commercial ‘etalon’ solar filters. As the supporting software continues to be refined, the use of the digital spectroheliograph will become more and more mainstream and has the potential to replace the expensive solar filters currently in use. The early chapters briefly explain the concept of the SHG and how it can produce an image from the solar spectrum. A comparison of the currently available narrow band solar filters is followed by a detailed analysis of the critical design, construction and assembly features of the SHG. The design and optimum layout of the instrument is discussed to allow evaluation of performance. This information explains how to assemble a fully functional SHG using readily available components. The software required to process the images is explained and step by step examples provided, with various digital instruments around the world highlighted based on input from many experienced amateurs who have shared their experience in building and using their spectroheliographs. The final chapters provide a historical overview of the traditional spectroheliograph and the later spectrohelioscope, from the initial G.E.Hale and Deslandres concepts of the 1890’s through to the later work by Veio and others. The construction and performance of various instruments is covered in detail, and provides a unique opportunity to record and appreciate the groundbreaking researches carried out by amateurs in the 20th century. This is an absolutely up to date book which fully addresses the watershed, game changing influence of the digital imaging revolution on the traditional spectroheliograph.

Practical Astronomy

Author : H R Mills
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1782424911
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Astronomy by : H R Mills

Download or read book Practical Astronomy written by H R Mills and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical manual provides essential material for the extensive world-wide community of non-professional astronomers. Every page of the book is alive with the infectious enthusiasm of the author whose expertise, knowledge and teaching experience provides easy access to the fascination and enjoyment of sky-watching. Provides essential material for the extensive world-wide community of non-professional astronomers The author’s enthusiasm is reflected in every page, and his expertise, knowledge and teaching experience provides easy access to the fascination and enjoyment of sky-watching Includes chapters on the celestial sphere, the sun and sundials, star positions, star maps, planispheres and nomograms, and light and basic optics

Astronomical Spectrographs and Their History

Author : John Hearnshaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521882575
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Astronomical Spectrographs and Their History by : John Hearnshaw

Download or read book Astronomical Spectrographs and Their History written by John Hearnshaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomical spectrographs analyse light emitted by the Sun, stars, galaxies and other objects in the Universe, and have been used in astronomy since the early nineteenth century. This book provides a comprehensive account of spectrographs from an historical perspective, from their theory and development over the last two hundred years, to the recent advances of the early twenty-first century. The author combines the theoretical principles behind astronomical spectrograph design with their historical development. Spectrographs of all types are considered, with prism, grating or grism dispersing elements. Included are Cassegrain, coudé, prime focus, échelle, fibre-fed, ultraviolet, nebular, objective prism, multi-object instruments and those which are ground-based, on rockets and balloons or in space. The book contains several tables listing the most significant instruments, around 900 references, and over 150 images, making it an indispensable reference for professional astronomers, graduate students, advanced amateur astronomers, and historians of science.

Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781441972408
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs written by and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars

Author : Keith Robinson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9780387367866
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars written by Keith Robinson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first non-technical book on spectroscopy written specifically for practical amateur astronomers. It includes all the science necessary for a qualitative understanding of stellar spectra, but avoids a mathematical treatment which would alienate many of its intended readers. Any amateur astronomer who carries out observational spectroscopy and who wants a non-technical account of the physical processes which determine the intensity and profile morphology of lines in stellar spectra will find this is the only book written specially for them. It is an ideal companion to existing books on observational amateur astronomical spectroscopy.

Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers

Author : Richard Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316738760
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers written by Richard Walker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring detailed commented spectral profiles of more than one hundred astronomical objects, in colour, this spectral guide documents most of the important and spectroscopically observable objects accessible using typical amateur equipment. It allows you to read and interpret the recorded spectra of the main stellar classes, as well as most of the steps from protostars through to the final stages of stellar evolution as planetary nebulae, white dwarfs or the different types of supernovae. It also presents integrated spectra of stellar clusters, galaxies and quasars, and the reference spectra of some terrestrial light sources, for calibration purposes. Whether used as the principal reference for comparing with your recorded spectra or for inspiring independent observing projects, this atlas provides a breathtaking view into our Universe's past. The atlas is accompanied and supplemented by Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers, which explains in detail the methods for recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra.

Scientific Astrophotography

Author : Gerald R. Hubbell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461451736
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Astrophotography written by Gerald R. Hubbell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Astrophotography is intended for those amateur astronomers who are looking for new challenges, once they have mastered visual observing and the basic imaging of various astronomical objects. It will also be a useful reference for scientifically inclined observers who want to learn the fundamentals of astrophotography with a firm emphasis on the discipline of scientific imaging. This books is not about making beautiful astronomical images; it is about recording astronomical images that are scientifically rigorous and from which accurate data can be extracted. This book is unique in that it gives readers the skills necessary for obtaining excellent images for scientific purposes in a concise and procedurally oriented manner. This not only gets the reader used to a disciplined approach to imaging to maximize quality, but also to maximize the success (and minimize the frustration!) inherent in the pursuit of astrophotography. The knowledge and skills imparted to the reader of this handbook also provide an excellent basis for “beautiful picture” astrophotography! There is a wealth of information in this book – a distillation of ideas and data presented by a diverse set of sources and based on the most recent techniques, equipment, and data available to the amateur astronomer. There are also numerous practical exercises. Scientific Astrophotography is perfect for any amateur astronomer who wants to go beyond just astrophotography and actually contribute to the science of astronomy.

Introduction to Astronomical Spectroscopy

Author : Immo Appenzeller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107015790
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Astronomical Spectroscopy written by Immo Appenzeller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly illustrated and clearly written, this handbook offers graduate students and active researchers a practical guide to astronomical spectroscopy.

Successfully Startingin Astronomical Spectroscopy

Author : François Cochard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782759820269
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Successfully Startingin Astronomical Spectroscopy written by François Cochard and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book you are about to read is remarkable in the sense that it makes the foundations of astronomical spectroscopy accessible to all and provides practical advice for its application. It will without doubt give you the desire to embark on this great adventure and provides you the means to achieve it.

Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, Technologies and Instrumentation

Author : Richard A. Crocombe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119636337
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, Technologies and Instrumentation written by Richard A. Crocombe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides complete and up-to-date coverage of the foundational principles, enabling technologies, and specific instruments of portable spectrometry Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume One is both a timely overview of the miniature technologies used in spectrometry, and an authoritative guide to the specific instruments employed in a wide range of disciplines. This much-needed resource is the first comprehensive work to describe the enabling technologies of portable spectrometry, explain how various handheld and portable instruments work, discuss their potential limitations, and provide clear guidance on optimizing their utility and accuracy in the field. In-depth chapters—written by a team of international authors from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds—have been carefully reviewed both by the editors and by third-party experts to ensure their quality and completeness. Volume One begins with general discussion of portable spectrometer engineering before moving through the electromagnetic spectrum to cover x-ray fluorescence (XRF), UV-visible, near-infrared, mid-infrared, and Raman spectroscopies. Subsequent chapters examine microplasmas, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and a variety of portable mass spectrometry instrument types. Featuring detailed chapters on DNA instrumentation and biological analyzers—topics of intense interest in light of the global coronavirus pandemic—this timely volume: Provides comprehensive coverage of the principles and instruments central to portable spectroscopy Includes contributions by experienced professionals working in instrument companies, universities, research institutes, the military, and hazardous material teams Discusses special topics such as smartphone spectroscopy, optical filter technology, stand-off detection, and MEMS/MOEMS technology Covers elemental spectroscopy, optical molecular spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and molecular and imaging technologies Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume One is an indispensable resource for developers of portable instruments, civilian and government purchasers and operators, and teachers and students of portable spectroscopy. When combined with Volume Two, which focuses on the multitude of applications of portable instrumentation, Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry provides the most thorough coverage of the field currently available.