This is a reference and resource web page for the spectroscopy workshop given by John C. Martin at the American Association of Variable Star Observers meeting on November 5, 2014. 

Here is the link to the old 2012 Workshop

The slides

A copy of the slides from the 2014 workshop are found here.

Online Resources Referenced

• Tom Field's Calculator for SA100 and SA200

  • http://www.patonhawksley.co.uk/calculator

• Additional help with optimizing your grating/telescope system:

  • Christian Buil (http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/spe1/spectro1.htm)

  • Doug West (http://users.erols.com/njastro/faas/articles/west01.htm)

• Extracting Spectra

  • RSPEC by Tom Field (http://www.rspec-astro.com)

  • Three Hills Observatory (Robin Leadbeater) (http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/astro/spectroscopy_equipment.htm)

  • Simple extractions with DS9 and a spreadsheet 

• Useful For Wavelength Calibration

  • Planetary Nebula

    • A list of bright planetary nebula: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/plannebs.html

    • A list of spectral lines in planetary nebula: http://laserstars.org/data/nebula/identification.html

  • Bright QSO/AGN:  http://spider.seds.org/spider/Misc/qso.html

• Uses and Applications for Slit-less Grating Spectroscopy

  • Jim Ferreiras (http://www.lafterhall.com/spectroscopy.html)

  • Gianluca Masi (http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/spectroscopy/)

  • Robin Leadbeater (http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/astro/spectroscopy_results.htm)

  • Jeff Hopkins (http://www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html) This link no longer works. Unfortunately Jeff passed away and the site is no longer maintainted.