Astronomical Spectroscopy For Amateurs

Author : Ken M. Harrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781441972392

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Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs by Ken M. Harrison Pdf

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.

Author : Marc F. M. Trypsteen,Richard Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107166189

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Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers by Marc F. M. Trypsteen,Richard Walker Pdf

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.

Author : Stephen F. Tonkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781447101277

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Practical Amateur Spectroscopy by Stephen F. Tonkin Pdf

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.

Author : H R Mills
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782424918

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Practical Astronomy by H R Mills Pdf

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

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1441972404

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Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs by Anonim Pdf

Author : Immo Appenzeller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107015791

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Introduction to Astronomical Spectroscopy by Immo Appenzeller Pdf

Thoroughly illustrated and clearly written, this handbook offers graduate students and active researchers a practical guide to astronomical spectroscopy.

Author : Thomas Eversberg,Klaus Vollmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662445358

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Spectroscopic Instrumentation by Thomas Eversberg,Klaus Vollmann Pdf

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.

Author : Ken M. Harrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461413974

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Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them by Ken M. Harrison Pdf

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.

Author : Tennyson Jonathan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786346964

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Astronomical Spectroscopy: An Introduction To The Atomic And Molecular Physics Of Astronomical Spectroscopy (Third Edition) by Tennyson Jonathan Pdf

The third edition of Astronomical Spectroscopy examines the physics necessary to understand and interpret astronomical spectra. It offers a step-by-step guide to the atomic and molecular physics involved in providing astronomical spectra starting from the relatively simple hydrogen atom and working its way to the spectroscopy of small molecules.Based on UCL course material, this book uses actual astronomical spectra to illustrate the theoretical aspects of the book to give the reader a feel for such spectra as well as an awareness of what information can be retrieved from them. It also provides comprehensive exercises, with answers given, to aid understanding.

Author : Jeffrey L. Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319014425

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Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs by Jeffrey L. Hopkins Pdf

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.

Author : Keith Robinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387682884

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Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars by Keith Robinson Pdf

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.

Author : Gerald North
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997-08-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521574307

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Advanced Amateur Astronomy by Gerald North Pdf

This book, first published in 1997, is for telescope owners wanting to improve their skills and make observations of real and lasting scientific value.

Author : Richard Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316738764

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Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers by Richard Walker Pdf

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.

Author : C. R. Kitchin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138406295

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Optical Astronomical Spectroscopy by C. R. Kitchin Pdf

A concise introduction, Optical Astronomical Spectroscopy appeals to the newcomer of astronomical spectroscopy and assumes no previous specialist knowledge. Beginning from the physical background of spectroscopy with a clear explanation of energy levels and spectroscopic notation, the book proceeds to introduce the main techniques of optical spectroscopy and the range of instrumentation that is available. With clarity and directness, it then describes the applications of spectroscopy in modern astronomy, such as the solar system, stars, nebulae, the interstellar medium, and galaxies, giving an immediate appeal to beginners.

Author : D. Emerson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0471976792

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Interpreting Astronomical Spectra by D. Emerson Pdf

Da vielen Studenten das Interpretieren astronomischer Spektren anfänglich Schwierigkeiten bereitet, unternimmt dieses Buch den Versuch, die entsprechenden Themenbereiche, Ansätze und Grenzen auf diesem wichtigen Gebiet näher zu beleuchten. Untergliedert in zwei Teile, werden im ersten Teil die Grundlagen und die physikalische Seite behandelt; im zweiten Teil werden dann die Methoden auf verschiedene astronomische Umgebungen angewandt und die Ergebnisse interpretiert. (10/97)