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Old 03-05-2018, 12:03 AM
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barx1963 (Malcolm)
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First try at a spectrum

So after a bit of research, I have decided to have a crack at a bit of spectroscopy!! Managed to get out tonight and try out an SA200 with my 8" Edge SCT and Atik One camera. After a few experiments I managed to get something from Iota Cenauri. I selected this star as it is an A type star (A2v to be precise) which is useful for calibration. Used the trial version of Rspec to calibrate and I have a spectra. The second image shows a reference overlay for an A2v star which show the same hydrogen lines as mine which is pleasing.
Image is attached, will be fun working on this I think!!

Malcolm
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