[Chaos-l] Staunton River Star Party

[matted]

Jayme and all -

Below is a bio and brief description of my planned talk.  Feel free to edit
as needed.  If you need an image I can get you something too.  Happy to be
an opening act for Mike on Saturday... Fellow chemists and all.

*Introduction to Astro Spectroscopy*
Spectroscopy is used in Astronomy for many purposes including discovering a
star's chemical composition, environment, temperature, and even velocity
and motion.  While measurements are being made across different ranges of
the electromagnetic spectrum, using visible light allows relatively
inexpensive cameras and equipment to contribute scientifically or just
enjoy the hobby.

Low resolution slitless spectroscopy using a diffraction grating alows
measurements of stars without expensive specialized equipment.  With an 8"
SCT and mono video camera with up to 8 second integration objects down to
at least mag +10 can be measured.  Observing hydrogen balmer lines,
identification and categorization of stars including wolf-rayet stars,
shell stars, and even quasars and more are possible via driveway
astronomy.  The presentation will explain basic theory, equipment, data
processing, and show some of the interesting objects in our sky.

*Matt Lochansky an analytical chemist specializing in small molecule mass
spectrometry of pharmaceuticals by day and amateur astronomer on clear
nights.  Matt has been learning the night sky for about 4 years and
recently started making low resolution stellar spectroscopy measurements.
*

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Jayme Hanzak <jhanzak at unctv.org> wrote:

> That would be awesome Matt. We have a meeting hall and you are more than
> welcome to use it for your talk. If you can get us a bio and a brief
> description of your talk we will get it on the website. Thanks for the
> offer and your registration.
>
>
>
> And Welcome to the First annual spring Staunton River Star Party.
>
>
>
> Jayme
>
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> *From: *"matted" <matted27 at gmail.com>
> *To: *Chaos-l at rtpnet.org
> *Sent: *Monday, February 13, 2012 9:11:34 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Chaos-l] Staunton River Star Party
>
>
>
> All - Looks like I'm going to be able to make it out for the star party -
> for at least the weekend... I just submitted my registration monies.  Let's
> hope for good weather!  I also made sure folks in the Richmond and DC area
> (still Virginia) clubs got word of the event.
>
> I wanted to offer a talk sometime later Friday or on Saturday.  As some of
> you know I do some relatively inexpensive astro spectroscopy and so I'm
> happy to give a little talk about how it works and some data I've
> collected.  The most recent S&T actually featured some of the ProAm
> spectroscopy collaborations being done.  Just let me know so I can prepare
> some powerpoint slides appropriate for the event.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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