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Autor:  Robin Leadbeater [ 24. Mai 2011, 17:32:43 PM ]
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Hello experts!

The DADOS spectrograph has a 90 degree angle between the incident and diffracted beam but most other designs (eg LISA) have a much smaller angle ~35 deg. 90 deg makes the design simpler but are there any disadvantages to using a 90 degree angle?

Thanks
Robin

Autor:  Lothar Schanne [ 24. Mai 2011, 19:46:40 PM ]
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Hi Robin,

behind the arguments of Ken there is a further disadvantage of a high total angel: you cannot use gratings of high dispersion. In the Dados the 900 g/mm grating is the end.

Autor:  Thomas Eversberg [ 24. Mai 2011, 20:01:19 PM ]
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Hi together! I do not know Ken's Argument but I guess DADOS has a large Anamorphosis factor. That means an enlarged slit image in the focal plane reduces the achievable spectral resolution.

Cheers, Thomas

Autor:  Thomas Eversberg [ 24. Mai 2011, 20:32:28 PM ]
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Ah, now I've seen Ken's contribution. Yes, shading is an issue but I do not consider it as a major disadvantage. It doesn't matter if I loose some percent of light. If I loose 60%, yes, then I would loose a magnitude. But that will not happen.

Thomas

Autor:  Robin Leadbeater [ 25. Mai 2011, 17:09:50 PM ]
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Thanks to everyone,

I am thinking about the best spectrograph design for identifying supernovae. It is possible to do this with the Star Analyser using only R~100 but the sky background limits the magnitude to ~15. The LISA with a slit is already reaching mag 16 at R~600 with a 280mm aperture so a low dispersion slit design with say a 400mm aperture could perhaps reach mag 17-18 which would make it useful for confirming amateur supernovae discoveries.

Cheers
Robin

Autor:  Steven Aggas [ 31. Dezember 2011, 03:51:31 AM ]
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Zitat:
Thanks to everyone,

I am thinking about the best spectrograph design for identifying supernovae. It is possible to do this with the Star Analyser using only R~100 but the sky background limits the magnitude to ~15. The LISA with a slit is already reaching mag 16 at R~600 with a 280mm aperture so a low dispersion slit design with say a 400mm aperture could perhaps reach mag 17-18 which would make it useful for confirming amateur supernovae discoveries.

Cheers
Robin
Hi Robin, the topic of sn identification is what eventually led me to purchase a star analyser. Do you have further details on this you could share.

Thanks Steven

Autor:  Robin Leadbeater [ 31. Dezember 2011, 18:42:11 PM ]
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Hi Steven,
Zitat:
Hi Robin, the topic of sn identification is what eventually led me to purchase a star analyser. Do you have further details on this you could share.
You can see a few supernovae spectra taken with the Star Analyser (or the grating it was developed from) on my website here
http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/ ... esults.htm
but ultimately with a slitless system the various problems of sky background, interference from the parent galaxy or stars in the same field limit how faint you can practically go, hence the interest in a low resolution slit based system. (The main lines are so doppler broadened in sn spectra that I reckon it should be possible to do a basic classification with R <200)

You might also be interested in these recent examples of amateur sn spectra
http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/surveys/s ... dh/obs.htm
http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/surveys/s ... e/obs.html
taken with Star Analyser, LHIRES (150l/mm grating) or LISA

Cheers
Robin

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