You need to bring a fully charged laptop to the session with you. In advance of the session, download the ZIP file below onto your laptop, unzip it and install…
My version of instructions on how to do this – incorporates Christian Buil’s guidance and my own screenshots. PDF Version: http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Calibrating-wavelength-in-VSPEC-Visual-Spec-Software-280724.pdf Word Version: http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Calibrating-wavelength-in-VSPEC-Visual-Spec-Software-280724.docx
3D-printed Bahnitov mask designed for 30mm guide scopes – purchased from ebay for £6.
Getting it ready for next sunny day Andy
I own a CCDSpec spectrometer – this excellent British device is no longer made – but composes a single gold-coloured CNC-machined device that includes guiding port. It has diffraction grating…
It is convenient and easy to point the telescope at a compact fluorescent fluorescent lightbulb to use it as a calibration spectrum. Andy Calibration spectrum using Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb: On…
Below are some spectra I took using the CCDSpec spectroscope on my Sky Watcher Equinox 120mm telescope. Andy Capella (spectrum as comes from spectroscope and then plotted using RSPEC): Comparison…
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