Marc F. M. Trypsteen

Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers (eBook, ePUB)

Recording, Processing, Analysis and Interpretation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This accessible guide presents the astrophysical concepts behind astronomical spectroscopy, covering both the theory and the practical elements of recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra. It covers astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, nebulae, novae, supernovae, and events such as eclipses and comet passages. Suitable for anyone with only a little background knowledge and access to amateur-level equipment, the guide's many illustrations, sketches and figures will help you understand and practise this scientifically important and growing field of amateur astronomy, up to the level of Pro-Am collaborations. Accessible to non-academics, it benefits many groups from novices and learners in astronomy clubs, to advanced students and teachers of astrophysics. This volume is the perfect companion to the Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers, which provides detailed commented spectral profiles of more than 100 astronomical objects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316733035
• Artikelnr.: 62751226

Autorenporträt

Marc F. M. Trypsteen is a Belgian pharmacist and astronomer, with a background in analytical chemistry and spectroscopy. He has lectured on astronomical spectroscopy at university, high schools, observatories and astronomy clubs. He is co-founder of the Astro Event Group Belgium and also of the Astropolis Space Science Center in Ostend, where, in addition to outreach activities, he is responsible for the section on spectroscopy education and research.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Physical basics of spectroscopy
2. Electron transitions and formation of the spectra
3. Quantum mechanical aspects of spectroscopy
4. Types and function of dispersive elements
5. Types and function of spectrographs
6. Recording of the spectra
7. Processing of recorded spectra
8. Calibration of the spectra
9. Analysis of the spectra
10. Temperature and luminosity
11. Expansion and contraction
12. Rotation and orbital elements
13. Gravity, abundance and magnetic fields
14. Analysis of emission nebulae
15. Amateurs and astronomical science.