Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them

• Main Author: Harrison, Ken M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

Transmission grating spectroscopes look like simple filters and are designed to screw into place on the eyepiece tube of a telescope for visual use, or into a camera adapter for digicam or CCD imaging. They are relatively inexpensive and by far the easiest type of astronomical spectroscope to use, a...

Table of Contents:

• What is a Transmission Grating?
• Setting Up the Grating
• Recording Your Spectra
• Analyzing the Spectra
• Suitable Projects
• Improving Your Grating Spectroscope.