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 advance
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Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs
The Patrick Moore
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/3192
Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs Jeffrey L. Hopkins
Jeffrey L. Hopkins Phoenix, Arizona, USA
ISSN 1431-9756 ISBN 978-3-319-01441-8 ISBN 978-3-319-01442-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01442-5 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013947793 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedication
This book is dedicated to Leah Dawn Hopkins, Kaitlyn Joanne Hopkins, Ryan Lawrence Hopkins and Alexander Jakob Schramm. May my precious grandkids find awe and excitement in science and astronomy for the understanding of the Universe.
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Foreword
Jeffrey Hopkins has done it again. Following up on his successful 2012, selfpublished book, “Small Telescope Astronomical Spectroscopy”, he’s again gone to a dark place with this new, expanded volume about what is achievable when dispersing light and obtaining spectra with small telescopes. Having worked with Jeff on two observing campaigns related to the rare eclipses of epsilon Aurigae – in the 1982–1984 time frame, and again for t
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