Uwe Zurmühl, Giesen / ASpekt 4.-5.2019 Anthering / Salzburg
ED80/500 with ATIK One Camera
10“ SCT with Spectrometer Setup
Grating + Prisms in front of ATIK One
Spectrometer Configuration: Prism-Grating-Prism („Grisym“)
Measuring Setups
10“ SCT Telescope
APO Refractors (80/500 mm, 102/714 mm)
Slitless Grating / Prisms Combinations in convergent Beam
Gratings: 200 L/mm, 300 L/mm, 600 L/mm, 830 L/mm
Resolution Δλ = 2 Å … 8 Å
Stars on the AGB
C / O Core
He & H shell burning (alternating)
Phases of thermal instability (thermal pulse)
Dredge-up episodes
Enrichment of s-process elements (e.g. 99TC)
High mass loss
Long period variables (LPV) region, Mira types
References
Molecule band wavelengths according to Richard Walker: „Spectral Atlas for Amateur Astronomers“, Cambridge University Press 2017
V-band magnitudes , epoch and period information taken from the AAVSO International Database
Spectral Characteristics
TiO bands (M-type)
ZrO bands (S-type)
C2 and SiC bands (C-type)
Na-D sometimes extremely strong
Variable emission of Balmer and metal lines (shock induced)
R And
Type: S5-7/4-5e Period: 409,20 d
left: 21.10.18 Phase: 0.23 V: 8.4 mag
bottom: 30.07.18 Phase: 0.02 V: 6.7 mag
W Ori
Type: C-N5
Period: 212 d (semiregular)
19.01.19 V: 5.5 mag
WZ Cas
Type: C-N7III („Lithium Star“)
Period: 186 d (semiregular)
19.08.18 V: 7.5 mag
W Ori Close-Up
SiC2 (Merrill Sanfords Bands)
5.10.18 V: 5.7 mag
R Cas
Type: M6.5-9e
Period: 431.86 d
30.7.18 Phase: 0.09 V: 8.0 mag