View Single Post
  #2  
Old 15-05-2017, 09:21 AM
bojan's Avatar
bojan
amateur

bojan is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Mt Waverley, VIC
Posts: 6,943
To isolate single star, you need a mask in focal plane, with appropriate aperture.
Then, you need a lens, to form a more-or-less parallel beam (not wider than your grating).
See here:
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/sta.../design_us.htm
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/spe2/hresol.htm
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/spectro1.htm


Your resolution (not scale!) will be limited with number of grating lines engaged with the beam... apart from other variables (the quality of optics, the atmospheric visibility, etc.)

Last edited by bojan; 15-05-2017 at 09:33 AM.
Reply With Quote