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This is a growing directory of people who are interested in
Amateur AstroSpectroscopy.
If you would like to have your name included, just e-mail your Name, Location
(Town/State or Province, Country),
E-mail address, and a short sentence or two
describing your work or interests (and devoted web-site
if you have one), and we will include it on the list. Don't be afraid to send information if you are a novice. Everyone starts at the beginning. We just want to know where there are interested people. As the list grows this will also enable people to get in touch with others who are doing, or want to do, work in AstroSpectroscopy. Send your name, address, etc. to: FAAS njastro@erols.com |
| Name/Location/Email/Website | Interests/Equipment-Notes |
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C. Scot Atkins Washington DC, USA Email: atkinscs@spectrum-internet.com, or star00man@hotmail.com |
Interests:
I've begun to study the spectrographs that others have produced.
My interests are on the effects of Non-Homogeneous Zero Point Energy Densities on Electron orbitals.
Interested in learning as much as possible about producing my own spectrographs of distant objects.
Also interested in the expertise of others in doing the same. Equipment-Notes: Celestron 8" Starhopper Dobsonian. Considering a Meade 12" LX200 with the works. |
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Mark Brinkley UK Email: Mark@dental.demon.co.uk |
Interests:
Video ccd imaging through telescope, CCD imaging (beginner), spectroscopy and
double star observation. Equipment-Notes: telescope lx200 8" airondack video system with image intensifier and starlight express camera. |
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Tom Buchanan Alpharetta, Georgia, U. S. A. Email: tombucha@family.net |
Interests:
Took spectra of sun, eclipse flash spectra, planets, comets,
nebulae, and variable stars, such as Delta Scorpii. Recorded sodium in
tail of Comet Hale-Bopp 38 days before Canary Island observatory
discovered it. The sodium tail was rotated a few degrees from center
of ion tail. (A technical paper is in preparation.) Equipment-Notes: In 1982 I built a stand-alone slitless spectrograph that provides calibration marks along spectrum. Use objective transmission grating, 135 mm f/1.9 lens, and film. A lens-slit-collimator unit can be inserted. Resolution is 2A for 1st order, 1 A for 2nd, and 0.6A for 3rd (used only with slit). Magnitude limit in 1st order is 5 for most objects, 8 for emission nebula (M57, NGC 6543). Plan to build a permanently mounted spectrograph with CCD camera. |
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Christian Buil Toulouse, France Email: christian.buil@wanadoo.fr Website: www.astrosurf.org/buil |
Interests:
Study : Be stars survey, active et peculiar stars (Wofl-Rayet,
Herbig-Bell, novae, supernovae). Equipment-Notes: 190 mm telescope, 500 mm telescope - Low resolution spectrograph (GRISM) and moderate resolution spectrograph (R=3000) |
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Donald Davies California, USA Email: raethrasher@loop.com Website: www.loop.com/~raethrasher |
Interests:
Emission line stars, binaries, equipment development Equipment-Notes: 17.5" Dobsonian on self-designed computer driven equatorial mount, CCD grating spectrometer with 1 1/2 A resolution, QuickCam-based image stabilization system to keep system locked on spectrometer slit, extensive spectral analysis and display software. Limiting magnitude approximately 5 for good spectra. |
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Stephen Dearden Massachusetts, USA Email: steved@javanet.com |
Interests:
Video spectroscopy of meteors; medium resolution. solar spectroscopy,
emission line stars, emission nebulae and planetaries. Spectroscopy of
meteorological phenomena: lightning. Equipment-Notes: CCD equipment: ISIS 1600 camera with Kodak 1600 chip, SBIG ST-6, Oriel Corp. cooled linear CCD detector (1024 x 64), Sony colour video camera, Electrim EDC1000 camera. Spectroscopic equipment: 1/8 m spectrograph (fibre optic or direct coupling to telescope); Ocean Optics and CVI miniature fibre optic spectrometers; transmission grating (600lpm); several reflection gratings (holographic and ruled). Access to commercial chemistry lab spectrometers (UV-VIS, NIR) through job. Interested in instrument development and adapting lab spectrometers to astronomical applications. Telescopes: Current - 3 inch refractor and C90 spotting scope. Plan for 1999 - 12" LX200. Have written article on CCD imaging and had images published in "Ciel et Espace" while living in France. |
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Tom Field Colorado, USA Email: tfield@den.wantweb.net Website: www.sni.net/tomfield/astrop.htm |
Interests:
Using my CCD for more than pretty pictures. Self- described as a
total newcomer to CCDs. Equipment-Notes: Currently: C8 with Quickcam, soon to be upgraded to ST-7! |
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Maurice Gavin Surrey, UK Email: m.gavin@freeuk.com (Main Account) m.gavin@astroman.fsnet.co.uk (Backup) Websites: http://www.astroman.fsnet.co.uk/ http://home.freeuk.net/m.gavin/ |
Interests:
Promoting amateur spectroscopy - articles/notes in S&T, CCD Astronomy & BAA
Journal. Supernova confirmation, planets, emission line stars, equipment
development. Vice-pres British Astronomical Assoc. Equipment-Notes: 17.5" equat. Newt., 12" Meade LX200, 9" f/4.5 refl + full aperture OG prism. Various SX CCD cameras + one-shot colour CCD, prisms and grating. Various homemade stellar + solar spectroscopes built or under development. Current lim. mag 12 (SN1998bu spectra) via low-res slitless focal plane spectrograph. |
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Dave Hamilton Nebraska, USA Email: hamilton@pbssite.com |
Interests:
Emission line stars and other stellar objects. Equipment-Notes: 12.5" PortaBall Dobsonian with a Rainbow Optics Star Spectroscope. Planning to purchase the Portaball dob driver base and a CCD camera to use just for spectrography. |
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Tom Kaye Illinois, USA Email: Tom@Airgun.com |
Interests:
In pursuit of measuring redshift. Have achieved this
with amateur equipment down to a level of +- 2 Km/s. Am on my 3rd
generation spectroscope and migrating to IRAF with the goal of 1 Km/s
readings soon. I am interested in talking with anyone with a serious
interest in spectroscopy and especially professionals that could help
with my endeavor. Equipment-Notes: Telescope: 10" LX200 Guider, precision machined pickoff mirror / fiber mount and ST4 CCD. Spectroscope: Fiber optic feed with 7 fibers running 150' to a temperature controlled room in my basement. Two additional fiber feeds from H/Ar/He reference lamps supply the scope chassis. Spectroscope chassis is 2x3 ft. aluminum plate that mounts a 3" collimating mirror 1200 or 600 line grating on rotary platform and a 3" focusing mirror that feeds an ST7 CCD. Dispersion is 1/10th angstrom per pixel and the spectroscope resolution is about 4700. Image reduction is done through CCDsoft, Quantum Image and a custom Labview program. |
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Dave Kenyon Northern California, USA Email: drdkccd@vfr.net Website: http://www.vfr.net/~drdkccd/ |
Interests:
My interests involve collecting a reference set of spectra using an ST-7 and
rainbow optics grating from as many spectral and luminosity types.
I am also interested in correlating spectral change and photometric
variation of stars as well. Equipment-Notes: I do most of my imaging through a 8" telescope, but also have a 10" and 17.5". |
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Randy Lauderbaugh Western New York, USA Email: rlaude@ischuavalley.net Website: http://www.geocities.com/rlaude2000/ |
Interests:
Stellar spectra as well as the detailed study of the solar spectrum. Equipment-Notes: Along with my CB211 and grayscale QCam I've added a Color Quickcam VC to my imaging tools. 200mm telephoto lens with various objective prisms (45,60 deg). Homebrew grating spectrograph mounted on a 4.5" reflector. Also uses a B/W Quickcam with the spectrograph. |
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Dale E. Mais San Diego, California, USA Email: dmais@ligand.com Website: members.cts.com/cafe/m/mais/ |
Interests:
Planetary Nebulae, Stellar and spectroscopic Binaries, Planets and Calibration and Theory Equipment-Notes: Celestron 14 working at f6, Byers retro-fit guiding system - Astrophysics 5.1, f6 - SBIG ST-8e, ST-8, Self-guiding Spectrometer - Van Slyke flip mirror which switches between spectrometer and ST-8e. In a roll-off roof observatory 12 miles from Mt. Palomar. |
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Barry Malpas Warren, New Jersey, USA Email: njastro@erols.com Website: www.erols.com/njastro/barry |
Interests:
Eclipse, Solar, Stellar and comets, spectrograph design Equipment-Notes: Meade DS16 (equatorially mounted Newtonian), Objective prism spectrograph, Spex .25 meter spectrograph, Goto and Rainbow Optics spectroscopes for visual. Photographed 1991 solar eclipse flash spectrum & stellar spectra with objective prism spectrograph. Hoping to incorporate CCD in the future. Have had several articles published in "The Practical Observer" magazine. Currently working on spectral analysis software. |
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Frank J. Melillo Holtsville, New York, USA Email: frankj12@aol.com |
Interests:
Planetary CCD imaging and doing spectroscopy.
Especially interested in Uranus and Neptune where
I can look for any changes in their atmosphere.
Also, some interesting spectroscopic stars that need attention. Equipment-Notes: Celestron 8-inch f/10, 200mm telephoto lens, Starlight Xpress MX-516, Rainbow Optics CCD model. |
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Bill Nigg Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Email: william.a.nigg@am.pnu.com |
Interests:
Solar. Equipment-Notes: I service analytical instrumentation and have an interesting "junk" collection - many optical components including gratings that I think could be adapted to a telescope accessory. That is also my plan and goal. I built a simple spectrograph in 1970 and shot the flash spectrum at the ' 72 solar eclipse. I have also been making 8mm movies through a transmission grating. I'm building a 16" f/4.5 Dobsonian now and will make a compatible spectrograph attachment soon. Someday I'll try CCD. |
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Joe Sivo New Jersey, USA Email: jmsivo@sivo.com Website: www.sivo.com/SivoSci |
Interests:
Peculiar Stars,
Spectroscopic Binaries, Planets, Comets, Equipment Design
and Development, co-inventor/ designer/developer of nu-VIEW astro spectrometer. Equipment-Notes: 10 inch Meade LX-200 f/6.3, Meade Pictor 416 XT CCD, Edmund 4 1/4 inch f/10.7 reflector, and nu-VIEW fiber optic spectrometer. |
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Ken Strauss Brampton, Ontario, Canada Email: ken@legendcomm.com | Interests: Getting into the field. Currently a novice. |
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Marc Trypsteen Belgium, Europe Email: apose001@pophost.eunet.be |
Interests:
CCD photo and videoastronomy member of the observers group from the local observatory
give lessons to promote astrospectroscopy i.e. to start a project for amateur
astronomers. Equipment-Notes: astro ETX-90, Celestar 8, rainbow optics grating (Vis/Phot/CCD). My equipment for ccd-spectro-astronomy has been completed with a Starlight Xpress MX5 - with the new Sony ccd. |
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Fredrick Veio Clearlake Park, California, USA Email: fveio@hotmail.com Website: http://sunmil1.uml.edu/eyes/veio/index.html |
Interests:
I am 70 years old, retired, specialty in spectrohelioscopes. Have a 120
page book on the internet for free at my website. A hard copy is also
available at cost. See website.
Equipment-Notes: Several home-made spectrohelioscopes and -graphs. |
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Wayne Watson California, USA Email: mtn_view@sirius.com |
Interests:
Interested in the scientific side of astronomy. I'm planning on eventually working
with spectroscopic instruments. At present, I'm coming up to speed on such devices.
Other interests involve variable star work, supernovae detection, radio astronomy,
and the study of cataclysmic binaries. I'm starting construction on a small
domed observatory, which has been in the planning stages for some time. Equipment-Notes: Meade LX-200 8" telescope and SBIG ST-7 (E version soon) and CCD camera. |
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Doug West Mulvane, Kansas, USA Email: DWest61506@aol.com |
Interests:
Photometry and Spectrophotometry of late-type giant stars. Equipment-Notes: Meade LX200 8" f/6.3, ST-7E CCD camera, Rainbow Optics CCD grating, and Mira 6.0 image processing software. I am currently finishing the absolute calibration of the spectrophotometer. Wavelength resolution is 9.7 angstrom /pixel. I am able to obtain calibrated spectra in ergs/(cm^2 s Angstrom) with a reasonable signal to noise ratio for stars to the 7-th magnitude. |
Maintained by BDM
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