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Originally Posted by malclocke
That's a shame Rob, you're spectra are some of the best I've seen produced. Would you submit them to a database if it wasn't run by ARAS?
Malc
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Sorry Malc, what I meant was that ARAS won't be getting my spectra because I work only in jpegs, that's all. I wouldn't 'withhold' them.
The way ARAS approach things is that only spectra that can produce good, clean quantitative data are useful (pursuit of excellence). I disagree - we're only amateurs and we all have time, money & interest limitations that determine how far we're comfortable going with any branch of astronomy.
Low-res spectra with SA gratings can still be very useful qualitatively, regardless of whether they're in FIT/S or jpeg form, especially for identification purposes (eg recent CBET) or flagging changes.
Cheers -