Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers
A Guide to the Spectra of Astronomical Objects and Terrestrial Light Sources

A full colour reference featuring detailed commented spectral profiles of more than one hundred astronomical objects.

Richard Walker (Author)

9781107165908, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 July 2017

290 pages, 211 colour illus. 26 tables
28.8 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm, 1.07 kg

'… a very good atlas that students, from undergraduate to Ph.D., and instructors will find handy for a quick reference.' B. Ishak, Contemporary Physics

Featuring detailed commented spectral profiles of more than one hundred astronomical objects, in colour, this spectral guide documents most of the important and spectroscopically observable objects accessible using typical amateur equipment. It allows you to read and interpret the recorded spectra of the main stellar classes, as well as most of the steps from protostars through to the final stages of stellar evolution as planetary nebulae, white dwarfs or the different types of supernovae. It also presents integrated spectra of stellar clusters, galaxies and quasars, and the reference spectra of some terrestrial light sources, for calibration purposes. Whether used as the principal reference for comparing with your recorded spectra or for inspiring independent observing projects, this atlas provides a breathtaking view into our Universe's past. The atlas is accompanied and supplemented by Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers, which explains in detail the methods for recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Directory of plates
2. Selection, processing and presentation of the spectra
3. Terms, definitions and abbreviations
4. Overview and characteristics of stellar spectral classes
5. Spectral class O
6. Spectral class B
7. Spectral class A
8. Spectral class F
9. Spectral class G
10. Spectral class K
11. Spectral class M
12. Spectral sequence on the AGB
13. M(e) stars on the AGB
14. Spectral class S on the AGB
15. Carbon stars on the AGB
16. Post AGB stars and white dwarf
17. Wolf Rayet stars
18. LBV stars
19. Be stars
20. Be shell stars
21. PMS protostars
22. Peculiar CP-stars
23. Spectroscopic binaries
24. Novae
25. Supernovae
26. Extragalactic objects
27. Star clusters
28. Emission nebulae
29. Reflectance spectra of Solar System bodies
30. Telluric molecular absorption
31. The night sky spectrum
32. The night sky spectrum
33. Terrestrial and calibration light sources.

Subject Areas: Astronomy, space & time [PG]