Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers: Recording, Processing, Analysis and Interpretation
Cambridge University Press, 7/20/2017
EAN 9781107166189, ISBN10: 1107166187
Hardcover, 162 pages, 28.3 x 22.3 x 1.3 cm
Language: English
This accessible guide presents the astrophysical concepts behind astronomical spectroscopy, covering both the theory and the practical elements of recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra. It covers astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, nebulae, novae, supernovae, and events such as eclipses and comet passages. Suitable for anyone with only a little background knowledge and access to amateur-level equipment, the guide's many illustrations, sketches and figures will help you understand and practise this scientifically important and growing field of amateur astronomy, up to the level of Pro-Am collaborations. Accessible to non-academics, it benefits many groups from novices and learners in astronomy clubs, to advanced students and teachers of astrophysics. This volume is the perfect companion to the Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers, which provides detailed commented spectral profiles of more than 100 astronomical objects.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Physical basics of spectroscopy
2. Electron transitions and formation of the spectra
3. Quantum mechanical aspects of spectroscopy
4. Types and function of dispersive elements
5. Types and function of spectrographs
6. Recording of the spectra
7. Processing of recorded spectra
8. Calibration of the spectra
9. Analysis of the spectra
10. Temperature and luminosity
11. Expansion and contraction
12. Rotation and orbital elements
13. Gravity, abundance and magnetic fields
14. Analysis of emission nebulae
15. Amateurs and astronomical science.