Spectra-L200 Kits and accessories

[Ken Harrison]

After five years of designing and manufacturing the Spectra-L200 Kit for members of the astronomical spectroscopy group
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astr ... ctroscopy/
I have decided to relocate the manufacturing of all future kits to JTW Astronomy.

This in part is due to the non-support of local suppliers here in Australia and also reflects the ongoing (and increased) demand for the instrument outside the original group membership.

http://www.jtwastronomy.com/products/sp ... pymain.php

We will endevour to maintain the pricing of the future kits at a "cost plus" level to support the amateur community and give maximum opportunity to encourage new astronomers into astronomical spectroscopy.

Besides the original kit, now with interchangeable gratings (150/300/600/1200/1800 l/mm), we can now offer a multi-gap reflective entrance slit plate (20/25/30/35/40/45/50/75/100 micron slits and 20/50/100 micron pinholes). The slit assembly also includes provision for a guide camera and an internal flip mirror to allow the users to use external reference lamps (neon/ Relco etc)
Fully finished, ready to use versions of the Spectra-L200 will also be made available.

I hope this venture will provide cost effective spectroscopes to the interested amateur and allow them to contribute to the growing area of -
"Astronomical Spectroscopy - The final frontier" - to boldly go where few amateurs have gone before......