SPECTROSCOPY 

INTRODUCTION

EQUIPMENT

RESULTS

LINKS

EQUIPMENT 

The links below document the various configurations and techniques I have used for spectroscopy. The latest are at the top

See also this page for additional photos of the spectrographs installed on telescopes at Three Hills Observatory

 

ALPY 600 - USB control of Calibration Module

ALPY/STAR ANALYSER - Correcting spectra for Instrument response using MILES standard stars

ALPY 600 - modified with a 200 l/mm grism for faint objects at lower resolution

STAR ANALYSER 200 - Used in the "Junk Box" collimated spectrograph configuration

STAR ANALYSER 200 - Used in the SEPSA simple slit spectrograph configuration

STAR ANALYSER 200 - Used in an Objective Grating setup

STAR ANALYSER 200 - An Overview

LHIRES III - Calibrating high resolution H alpha spectra using telluric lines

STAR ANALYSER - Imaging spectra of the Sun and other bright extended sources using a Star Analyser and a digital camera

LHIRES III - Modifying the grating holder to extend the 2400 l/mm grating wavelength range in the IR

LHIRES III - Using faint Ne and Ar lines in the Neon calibration lamp spectrum

SIMPLE SPECTROSCOPY OF BRIGHT STARS USING A STAR ANALYSER AND DSLR

BAA VSS Workshop Presentation "Spectroscopy of Variable Stars" Oct 2008

LHIRES III - PC USB CONTROL OF THE NEON CALIBRATION LAMP

STAR ANALYSER - RED/IR SPECTRA USING RED LONG PASS FILTER (poster paper presented at VdS conference Heidelberg May 2008)

SEPSA (adjustable Slit,Eyepiece Projection Star Analyser) spectrograph

OHP SPECTROSCOPY WORKSHOP 2007 (C11, LHIRES III, ATK16-IC)

LHIRES III  CALIBRATION 

LHIRES III HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROGRAPH  

 

BELOW REFER ONLY TO LOW RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY USING THE STAR ANALYSER OR SIMILAR GRATINGS 

CORRECTING FOR INSTRUMENT SPECTRAL RESPONSE  

A SETUP FOR METEOR SPECTROSCOPY

 EYEPIECE PROJECTION WITH SLIT APERTURE

THE PROTOTYPE STAR ANALYSER

A HOLDER FOR THE JEULIN GRATING BASED ON A MOGG ADAPTER

ARRANGEMENT FOR EXTENDED OBJECTS USING CAMERA LENS

REDESIGN FOR FAINT OBJECTS

SETUP FOR MEASURING FILTER RESPONSES

THE JEULIN 100 l/mm GRATING

 

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