Imaging Sunlight Using a Digital Spectroheliograph

• Main Author: Harrison, Ken M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

Ken M. Harrison's latest book is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who want to obtain detailed narrowband images of the Sun using a digital spectroheliograph (SHG). The SHG allows the safe imaging of the Sun without the expense of commercial ‘etalon’ solar filters. As the supporting soft...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Digital Spectrohelioscope
• The Sun’s Spectrum
• Examples of Solar Imaging at Various Wavelengths
• How to Build Your Spectroheliograph (SHG)
• Examples of Amateur Instruments and Their Results
• Processing Software
• Doppler and Other Effects
• Analyzing the Results
• Pre-Digital Solutions
• Future Developments
• Appendices
• Index.