Spectroscopy Question

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

I find this a particularly interesting branch of astronomy. Beyond the basics of emission & absorbtion lines, I know little about it. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good beginners book / website on the subject.
Thanks,
Peter

[renormalised (Carl)]

What is Spectroscopy?

Stellar Spectral Classification

The last link is to a book...despite it being a textbook for university based courses, I would highly recommend it in order to learn about spectra and the nature of light.

[Terry B]

A free download was available of a book called Spectroscopy- The key to the stars by Keith Robinson.
The site was called freebookspot.org but my link to it seems to be dead.
I have put the book here. You are free to download it but I will remove it soon as it uses up a bit of space on the server that is otherwise my free space.
Cheers.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

There's a few good sites:
http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/educat...tro_types.html
http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/astronomy/wolraysta.html

The astronomical Spectroscopy Y! group had some other good links:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/a...guid=322612425

Then there is the Gutenberg ebooks:
The following books are also available on the web for download at www.archive.org . They give a wonderful insight into the early years of spectroscopic development.

• “The Spectroscope and its work” – Richard A Proctor, 1888
• “The Spectroscope and its applications” – J Norman Lockyer, 1873
• “How to work with the Spectroscope” – John Browning, 1882
• “Sir William Higgins and Spectroscopic Astronomy” – E W Maunder, 1913