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Old 03-03-2016, 02:45 PM
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Julian,
Well done!
Your excitement comes through from your report....
You've taken a small step on the long journey that is spectroscopy.
A couple of technical questions:
What's the distance from your SA100 to the CCD Chip? (This obviously impacts on the dispersion and final resolution.

What software are you using to prepare the spectral profiles?
I recommend BASS Project for processing https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/astrobodger/info

BASS will allow you to make corrections to your profiles to reflect the response curve of your camera, it also has a significant collection of stellar reference spectra to assist in the calibration (wavelength/ pixel) and the identification of various features etc.
Download a copy of Richard Walker's "Spectral Atlas)
http://www.ursusmajor.ch/astrospektr...age/index.html
(The English version is listed down the bottom right hand side)

Regards southern hemisphere objects - I would get more practise on A type stars to refine the calibration using the Balmer lines etc. then move on to the more difficult objects.
WR stars are exciting targets but many of then are rather faint.
Gamma2 Vela is among the brightest and visible early morning
RA 8h 9m 32
Dec -47d 20.1m
Then there are also the emission line Be stars!
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