Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers
eBook - PDF

Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers

A Guide to the Spectra of Astronomical Objects and Terrestrial Light Sources

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers

A Guide to the Spectra of Astronomical Objects and Terrestrial Light Sources

About this book

Featuring detailed commented spectral profiles of more than one hundred astronomical objects, in colour, this spectral guide documents most of the important and spectroscopically observable objects accessible using typical amateur equipment. It allows you to read and interpret the recorded spectra of the main stellar classes, as well as most of the steps from protostars through to the final stages of stellar evolution as planetary nebulae, white dwarfs or the different types of supernovae. It also presents integrated spectra of stellar clusters, galaxies and quasars, and the reference spectra of some terrestrial light sources, for calibration purposes. Whether used as the principal reference for comparing with your recorded spectra or for inspiring independent observing projects, this atlas provides a breathtaking view into our Universe's past. The atlas is accompanied and supplemented by Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers, which explains in detail the methods for recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1 Directory of Plates
  9. Chapter 2 Selection, Processing and Presentation of the Spectra
  10. Chapter 3 Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations
  11. Chapter 4 Overview and Characteristics of Stellar Spectral Classes
  12. Chapter 5 Spectral Class O
  13. Chapter 6 Spectral Class B
  14. Chapter 7 Spectral Class A
  15. Chapter 8 Spectral Class F
  16. Chapter 9 Spectral Class G
  17. Chapter 10 Spectral Class K
  18. Chapter 11 Spectral Class M
  19. Chapter 12 Spectral Sequence on the AGB
  20. Chapter 13 M(e) Stars on the AGB
  21. Chapter 14 Spectral Class S on the AGB
  22. Chapter 15 Carbon Stars on the AGB
  23. Chapter 16 Post-AGB Stars and White Dwarfs
  24. Chapter 17 Wolf–Rayet Stars
  25. Chapter 18 LBV Stars
  26. Chapter 19 Be Stars
  27. Chapter 20 Be Shell Stars
  28. Chapter 21 Pre-Main Sequence Protostars
  29. Chapter 22 Chemically Peculiar (CP) Stars
  30. Chapter 23 Spectroscopic Binaries
  31. Chapter 24 Novae
  32. Chapter 25 Supernovae
  33. Chapter 26 Extragalactic Objects
  34. Chapter 27 Star Clusters
  35. Chapter 28 Emission Nebulae
  36. Chapter 29 Reflectance Spectra of Solar System Bodies
  37. Chapter 30 Telluric Molecular Absorption
  38. Chapter 31 The Night Sky Spectrum
  39. Chapter 32 The Mesospheric Sodium Layer
  40. Chapter 33 Terrestrial and Calibration Light Sources
  41. Appendix A Spectral Classes and v sin i Values of Bright Stars
  42. Appendix B The 88 IAU Constellations
  43. Appendix C Spectral Classes and B–V Color Index
  44. Appendix D Spectral Classes and Effective Temperatures
  45. Appendix E Excitation Classes of Bright Planetary Nebulae
  46. Appendix F Ionization Energies of Important Elements
  47. Appendix G Spectroscopic Measures and Units
  48. Appendix H Distant AGN and Quasars Brighter than mv ≈ 16
  49. Appendix J Excerpts from Historical Spectral Atlases
  50. Appendix K Instruments
  51. Bibliography
  52. Subject Index
  53. Stellar Index
  54. Object Index: Deep Sky and Solar System