Spectroscopy Campaigns For Lower Resolution Spectra

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Wed, 11/18/2020 - 17:31

Hi,

I've recently begun getting spectra with an Alpy 600 and would like to know if there are any AAVSO campaigns in which lower resolution spectra would be important. At this point I am restricted to fairly bright objects.

Thanks

Dick Brown 

 

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Targets for low resolution spectroscopy

Hi Dick,

It's great you are doing spectroscopy! The AAVSO Target Tool is a good place to find observing campaigns requesting spectroscopy as well as other stars that need spectroscopy. To use the Target Tool, click the link on the Target Tool page and log in. If you don't have a free account, create one. Select the list you want to explore (Alerts/Campaigns, Long Period Variables, CVs, etc. - the All list includes all the stars on all the lists). Then click on the Filter/Mode header to sort all the entries by filter or mode of observing. All the Spectroscopy targets will be together.

A couple of AAVSO observing campaigns that have asked for spectrosopy and for which low resolution spectra would be appropriate, and which have a bright star as the target, are described in Alert Notice 700 (EE Cep) and Alert Notice 714 (b Per).

Best wishes, and Good observing,

Elizabeth

 

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Nova Per 2020

Nova Per 2020 is now also a good practice object for low res spectroscopy I guess. Should be really useful to learn how to calibrate the spectrum etc, and there are lots of high quality spectra taken for this object to compare results to.

 

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
HD 46089

This is a target I'd need spectroscopy for to confirm the Lambda Bootis characteristics.

 

Gabriel 

Affiliation
British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
HD46089

at ~12A resolution the resolution of the ALPY 600  is on the low side for detailed spectral classification though and would fall short of the 2A resolution target suggested by Brian in the thread on this

Robin

Affiliation
British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
HD46089

at ~12A resolution the resolution of the ALPY 600  is on the low side for detailed spectral classification though and would fall short of the 2A resolution target suggested by Brian in the thread on this

Robin

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Nova Cas 2021

Nova Cas 2021 should be excellent for experimenting with even the Star Analyser , let alone higehr resolution equipment.

 

See https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-735

 

CS

HB

Affiliation
British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
Nova Cas 2021

Yep in range of just about any spectrograph eg so far

An old school objective prism (Mike Harlow)

https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20210320_073946_19f167e6a204d6ef

A Star Analyser 200 (Arto Oksansen)

https://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/show/96882

LISA (David Boyd), ALPY 600 (various) and a home built high resolution echelle (Joan Guarro flo)

http://www.spectro-aras.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2744

 

As well as submitting spectra to the AAVSO database (and perhaps the BAA database) they would also be welcomed by ARAS who have coordinated a number of international spectroscopic campaigns  on novae with professionals in the past.

Cheers

Robin