OHP 2024 spectro workshop
OHP 2024 spectro workshop The OHP 2024 spectroscopy course will take place from Tuesday July 9th to sunday july 14th. This course is jointly organized by STAROS Projects and Shelyak Instruments, and the official language is French. Pre-registration for the course As...
An exoplanet collision
An exoplanet collision How did a team of amateur astronomers become co-authors of an internationally renowned scientific publication? 2SPOT An association of amateur astronomers 2SPOT[1] is a public-interest scientific association created in 2019 by five...
My experience of the 2023 spectro course
At the end of this article, you will find the different presentations made by the course leaders! My experience of the 2023 spectro course August 8th arrival at OHP Great day to plant setups at the Haute Provence Observatory. Amidst rosemary, myriads of little white...
Remote Spectroscopy – the UVEX Motor Unit
Remote Spectroscopy – the UVEX Motor Unit When looking to upgrade from my LISA in 2020, the UVEX had much to recommend it. Its ability to access a broad spectral range was important as was the flexibility to both adjust the grating angle and to swap over gratings to...
Sol’Ex & Star’EX: a new way to approach astronomy
Sol’Ex & Star’EX: a new way to approach astronomy The Sol’Ex project (later followed by Star’Ex) offers a new way of “entering Astronomy”: it is an approach that is affordable, simple, fun and fascinating. Here is what it is in...2SPOT: a spectro setup in Chile
2SPOT: a spectro setup in Chile By Olivier Garde, Pascal Le Dû, Lionel Mulato, Thomas Petit, Stéphane Charbonnel © Deep Sky Chile spot Since the 2000s, many amateurs have been installing remotely controllable telescopes on sites in Chile in order to compensate for the...
Sn 1181, an unusual story …
Sn 1181, an unusual story … By Pascal Le Dû Pascal Le Dû is an amateur astronomer who observes the sky from Brittany point in France. It analyzes and lists the candidate planetary nebulae spotted by amateurs. He maintains the basis of French discoveries...
RS Oph : the contribution of Shelyak spectrographs
RS Oph : the contribution of Shelyak spectrographs By Olivier Garde Introduction A Nova is a “new star” that appears in the sky. In fact, this star existed long before it was suddenly accessible to our instruments (even in a few rare cases to our eyes),...
UVEX by Shelyak : first light
The UVEX by Shelyak : first light By Olivier Garde I had the opportunity to test one of the two prototypes of the UVEX version made by Shelyak Instruments. This version of UVEX differs from the “3D printing” versions already produced by several teams with...
How to choose your autoguiding camera in 2020 ?
How to choose your autoguiding camera in 2020 ? By Olivier Garde & François Cochard In astronomical spectroscopy, guiding camera is an important element, since it’s what makes it possible to point the right target (star, nebula, etc.), then to ensure precise...
Spectro Party OHP 2019 : retrospective
Spectro Party OHP 2019 : retrospective by Olivier Garde The Spectro Star Party at Observatoire de Haute Provence in France took place from August 2sd to 7th, 2019 and hosted more than 50 attendes from very different levels. The weather allowed us to enjoy the 5 nights...
A compact telescope shelter
A compact telescope shelterBy Olivier Garde & François Cochard The open shelter (photo : François Cochard) Having a fixed installation is a dream for many astronomers, amateurs as well as professionals. This is particularly the case in spectroscopy, because the...
Spectroscopy Whorkshop SMSW-2
Spectroscopy Workshop SMSW-2 By Olivier Garde The second edition of the spectroscopy workshop SMSW-2 “Sacramento Mountains Spectroscopy Workshop”, was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on February 22nd, 23rd et 24th 2019 in the beautiful setting of...
Nearby or in thousands of km, take control of your calibration & flat lamps for Alpy, Lhires III and LISA.
Nowadays, it is more and more frequent to remote control our telescopes. It brings some comfort but also a better quality of observation – because the less we touch the instrument, the less we risk to break the tuning. It is particularly true in spectroscopy....