Editors:
- Everything an amateur astronomer need to begin spectroscopic observing, in one book
- Covers a very wide range of available equipment, from simple DIY spectroscopes to the most expensive commercially-made instruments
- Describes basic principles to that the reader will understand how to analyse the spectra he sees or records
- Contributions by leading amateurs astronomers from the USA and Europe!
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fundamentals of Spectroscopy
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Front Matter
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Practical Amateur Spectroscopy
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Although essential to professionals – spectroscopy has largely been ignored by amateurs as a ‘black art’. This book – the first of its kind – should help redress the balance. … Spectroscopy is a big subject for the dedicated amateur and this book just begins to scratch the surface. It contains plenty of useful references and websites and the minimum of maths. … this is the only current book on amateur spectroscopy and must be recommended." (Maurice Gavin, Astronomy Now, May, 2003)
"The latest serving from Springer is all about spectroscopy – an important subject, as much of what we know about the Universe comes from the study of light. The book starts with a substantial and excellent roundup of the physics behind light and stellar spectra. … there are useful sections on building spectroscopes for mounting to telescopes … . The book did spark an interest in spectroscopy and a desire to learn more … ." (John Rowlands, Popular Astronomy, Vol. 50 (2), 2003)
"This book, part of Springer’s Practical Astronomy series, is a sampler authored by six practitioners of the slowly growing interest in amateur spectroscopy. … Spectroscopy is a huge subject with innumerable specialist targets even for the amateur. The contents of this book reflect the authors’ interests. As the only current book on amateur spectroscopy it must be recommended." (Maurice Gavin, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 112 (6), 2002)
"The spectroscope is undoubtedly a powerful analytical tool providing a foundation stone for modern professional astronomy and ‘Practical amateur Spectroscopy’ is a concise book helping explain the basics. … As it was back in 1982 that I studied A-level physics, this book was a much-needed refresher course for me. … if your academic background is in the sciences, particularly physics and mathematics, then I think this book is a really good read providing afascinating insight into a very important facet of astronomy." (Philip Moran, Astronomy & Space, January, 2003)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Practical Amateur Spectroscopy
Editors: Stephen F. Tonkin
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0127-7
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-489-5Published: 25 April 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0127-7Published: 11 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 213
Number of Illustrations: 115 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles