Spectroscopic Instrumentation Fundamentals and Guidelines for Astronomers /

• Main Authors: Eversberg, Thomas (Author), Vollmann, Klaus (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

In order to analyze the light of cosmic objects, particularly at extremely great distances, spectroscopy is the workhorse of astronomy. In the era of very large telescopes, long-term investigations are mainly performed with small professional instruments. Today they can be done using self-designed s...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Fundamentals of standard spectroscopy
• The construction of a grating spectrograph
• Fundamentals of Echelle spectroscopy
• The construction of an Echelle spectrograph
• Other designs
• Practical examples
• Image Slicer
• CCD
• Fiber optics
• Data reduction
• Measurement errors and statistics
• Practical Observations
• The next step – Polarization
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• Appendices.