Astronomical Spectra Experiment
Starts September 14, 2010
Due September 28, 2010
Lab 2 Instructions
Equipment:
Ocean Optics USB2000 Mini Fiber Optic Spectrometer.
Product Web
Page
Thanks to Ocean Optics ,
and to the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate
Education who provided partial support for the equipment used in this
Lab.
Resources:
Spectrograph Basics, slides by James
Graham (pdf)
Least Square Fits handout by James Graham
(pdf)
General Linear Least Square Fits handout by
James Graham (pdf)
CCD Noise handout by James Graham (pdf)
Programming Examples for Least Square
Fits:
Example 1: Parabolic fit - paralsq.pro
Example 2: Sine Wave fit - circlsq.pro
Useful Links:
Atomic
Line Data from NIST
Element
Finding
List
David Fanning's IDL Website: http://www.dfanning.com
Who Uses Spectrometry?
Moon Minerology Mapper
launch Fall 2008. Jessie Sincher worked on this instrument while
at Swales Aerospace, with Jet Propulsion Laboratory
