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Wed, 05/29/2013 - 09:14

The symbiotic star CH Cygni is currently raising in luminosity (Mag V about 7.6) and shows an active state spectrum

Note especially oxygen lines [OI] 6300 and [OIII] 5007 and numerous Fe II emission lines.

François Teyssier

Affiliation
British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
CH Cyg with Alpy 600 Spectrograph

My Alpy 600 spectrograph collected its first star light last night and CH Cyg seemed an appropriate and not too difficult target to start with. There are some new skills to learn to get the best results compared with high resolution spectroscopy but am pleased with the excellent repeatablity in this sequence of 5  20 min exposures. More details of the setup and data reduction here

 http://www.spectro-aras.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=598&p=2252#p2252

 

Cheers

Robin

www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk