Is it any witch have a spectra of RU Cam this year or in 2005? If so im iterested in to see one... I have followed this stars variation(or no variation) for...
Hello HG, Thanks for the information on that interesting star. Jeff At 09:38 -0700 4/4/06, Hans-G–ran Lindberg wrote: Is it any witch have a spectra of RU...
The bad weather finally broke last night after about 2 weeks. I was able to get spectra on Polaris, Arturus and Kochab. Haven't done any processing yet. ...
Wow that was quick! I checked on DSS image of the field last night night. It looks very crowded with lots of faint stars ready to interfere. I was clouded out...
... March ... previous ... I have been reading up about the previous outbursts in 1958 and 1986 and I believe I have now identified the new line as a slightly...
I battled the high winds and clouds last night to grab some images of Nova Cygni - see my folder in the Files section. There's a very obvious H-Alpha line, and...
Would imaging the same or similar patch of sky and subtracting that image from your Venus shot remove the noise (or at least some of it)? Regards Robin (the...
Well I have finally finished off the eclipse work and put it all on the website http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/astro2/spectra_27.htm As well as adding a...
Hi h-g Just noise I suspect. What grating are you using? I suggest trying without the IR block filter. Then you should at least see some Telluric lines in IR...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Hi Robin - superb results & write up! On the equipment page, you mention about black polymer material being used for the solar filter - what...
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I see "nytecam" has been busy and has produced more spectra of this object for 7th and 10th April http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/ncyg06.htm The H lines are...
I've been collecting photometric data on a star for a friend and thought I'd try the Star Analyzer on it. I'm still climbing the VSpec learning curve, and...
Thanks Robin - my 6 day lo-res spectrum profiles in 4 obs at http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=6215&password=&sort=7&thecat=500 For...
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... Yup, Gavin's April 10th image looks more like my April 8th image than does his April 7th image. Is this typical of "novae"? Stupid question - is this a...
Hi Brendan; There are no stupid questions, only stupid places to put parking meters. The AAVSO announcement indicates a "classical nova spectrum". So that's ...
Brendan - your spectra are excellent and a credit to this forum. Can't see any significant difference between your flatted and unflatted [an overlay would help...
<An interesting question that I haven't addressed directly is: How might <amateur astronomers differentiate Type I from Type II from nova? Rob Rob - the...
... images ... Hi Brendan, It is considered "good practise" to flat field in spectroscopy as it is in photometry. As it is, I rarely do it as I find it...
... frames!] Excellent point - I'll see if I can figure out a way to do that. ... this ... Yes, it's got to be rare in the UK to get N consecutive nights ...
... if ... Actually as long as the width of the line covers more than a single pixel, it is possible to measure the position of the line to a precision...
...for those with a good southern horizon a new nova to test your spectroscope upon.. ...discovered by Peter Heathcote, NSW, Australia on 2006 Apr 6.6 @ RA ...
Hi Maurice, The discoverer was actually Peter Williams, from Heathcote, NSW, Australia.... Bernard Heathcote (not, sadly, the discoverer) ... From: "nytecam"...
I got chance to grab some spectra of Alioth (middle star in the handle of the Plough) last night. I've got some more extension tubes and I was able to reach...
