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Books
Practical Amateur Spectroscopy, By Stephen F. Tonkin (Ed.), Springer - Practical Astronomy Series, 2002
Astronomical Spectroscopy by A.D. Thackeray, The Macmillan Company, New York 1961
Stars and their spectra: An Introduction to the Spectral Sequence, By James B. Kaler, Cambridge University Press, 1989
Hearnshaw,J.B.: 1986, The Analysis of Starlight. One hundred and fifty years of astronomical spectroscopy, Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 0 521 25548 1
Starlist 2000, Dibon-Smith, Richard: 1992, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY. 2400+ stellar objects available to the amateur astronomer with spectroscopic designations and notes.
Historical Articles
Fraunhoffer,J.: 1817, Denkschriften der Müch. Akademie der Wissenchaften. 5, 193.
Pickering,E.C.: 1896, Astrophys.J., 4, 369.
Lockyer,J.N.: 1900, Inorganic Evolution, Macmillan and Co. (London).
Bohr,N.: 1913, Phil.Mag., 26 (Ser 6), 1.
Huggins,W., Miller,W.A. : 1864, Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc., 154, 437.
Bowen,I.S.: 1927, Nature, 120, 473.
Articles
The Revival of Amateur Spectroscopy, available on skyandtelescope.com
The Spectral Types of Stars, available on skyandtelescope.com
A good introduction to stellar spectroscopy appeared in the October 1996 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine on pages 48-51. The article includes an excellent set of reference spectra. Also see the September 2000 issue, pages 38-44 and the August 2004 issue, pages 44-49.
"Getting the Most from a CCD Spectrograph", Sky & Telescope, July 2000, p. 125-132
"Cosmic Rainbows: The Revival of Amateur Spectroscopy", by Maurice V. Gavin, Sky & Telescope, August 1999, p. 135-141
"Building a Fiber-Optic Spectrograph", by Nick Glumac and Joseph Sivo, Sky & Telescope, February 1999, p. 134-139
"Splitting Starlight - Nu-VIEW Spectrograph", (25 Hot New Products of 1998 Feature), Sky & Telescope, December 1998, p. 58-66.
Amateur spectroscopy freeware: Visual Spec www.astrosurf.com/vdesnoux/
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