Hi from Belgium
Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 12:10 pm
Hallo to all members of ARAS,
I am relatively new in the world of astronomical spectroscopy. I'm busy since 2005 with actively observing, but most of all, almost 100% with observing of comets with CCD. My first step I set in 2014 with a staranalyzer 100 to try spectroscopy, i was intended to also taking a spectrum of a comet in the future. I found all at once that I had to build a whole learning curve here. I've bought recently an Alpy600 kit with guiding and calibration unit. I was surprised with my first star spectra, very exciting! Then I started to observe the Be star. I have now my first spectra of Be-star and struggling a bit with the first calibration and use of IRIS. But i can ask the specific questions in 'the beginnerscorner' i guess. Unfortunately, I live in a heavily lightpolluted area, 10 km south from Antwerp City. Fortunately, I can occasionally use remote telescopes for observing comets, but unfortunately, remote/robotoc observing with spectroscope is not possible (remote maybe, but not yet robotic). I hope i can contribute and building my learning curve further in this matter of spectroscopy and use of software and spectroscopes.
clear skies !
Erik Bryssinck
http://www.astronomie.be/erik.bryssinck/
I am relatively new in the world of astronomical spectroscopy. I'm busy since 2005 with actively observing, but most of all, almost 100% with observing of comets with CCD. My first step I set in 2014 with a staranalyzer 100 to try spectroscopy, i was intended to also taking a spectrum of a comet in the future. I found all at once that I had to build a whole learning curve here. I've bought recently an Alpy600 kit with guiding and calibration unit. I was surprised with my first star spectra, very exciting! Then I started to observe the Be star. I have now my first spectra of Be-star and struggling a bit with the first calibration and use of IRIS. But i can ask the specific questions in 'the beginnerscorner' i guess. Unfortunately, I live in a heavily lightpolluted area, 10 km south from Antwerp City. Fortunately, I can occasionally use remote telescopes for observing comets, but unfortunately, remote/robotoc observing with spectroscope is not possible (remote maybe, but not yet robotic). I hope i can contribute and building my learning curve further in this matter of spectroscopy and use of software and spectroscopes.
clear skies !
Erik Bryssinck
http://www.astronomie.be/erik.bryssinck/