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Old 04-10-2010, 12:28 PM
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G'Day Karl,

Welcome to the SA club! The SA should be ideal for Meteor spectra.

The biggest problem I see with trying to capture the spectrum of a cloud with a SA is that the cloud is a diffuse body. The resolution of the spectrum you get from the relies on the star (or meteor trail) being a point (or line) source instead of a slit in a normal spectrograph.

I look forward to seeing your meteor spectra. Sounds like to could be challenging.

Al.
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