Spectroscopy - anjavdl/PHY517_AST443 GitHub Wiki

Data acquisition:

General guide

Data reduction:

General guide

Lab options

1. Spectroscopy of an Emission-Line Nebula
2. Spectroscopy of Bright Stars

Resources for the data analysis:

Some helpful python commands, reading in this file and this file.
Tutorial on Spectrophotometric flux calibration.

Resources for the observations:

Equipment quick-start instructions and manuals (also see Observing Equipment):

Telescope Quick-Start
Spectrograph Quick-Start
Spectrograph Manual
CCDSoft Quick-Start
AutoGuider Quick-Start

Reference arc lamp spectra:

Neon
Mercury
Atom Trace Database
NIST Atomic Database

Resources on planetary nebulae:

100 brightest PN - from cloudynights.com
46 "best" PN - from cloudynights.com
PN Observing Atlas - by the Webb Deep-Sky Society
Top 40 PN - by Coldfield Observatory