The following is only a few links (I apologise for the missing link).

Literature

  • Stellar Spectral Cassification, R. O. Gray and C. Corbally (BOOK)
  • A digital Spectral Classification Atlas, R. O. Gray
  • The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres, D. Gray (BOOK)
  • Spectroscopic Atlas for Amateur Astronomers, R. Walker (PDF file on the web)
  • Analysis and Interpretation of Astronomical Spectra, R. Walker (PDF file on the web)


    • Internet sites and links for home made spectrographs

  • Christian Buil
  • Robin Leadbeater / Three Hills Observatory


    • Available software for physical modelling of stellar spectra

  • SPECTRUM: 1D plane parallel LTE code by R. O. Gray
  • Turbospectrum: 1D spherical LTE code by B. Plez
  • MOOG: 1D plane parallel LTE code by C. Sneden
  • Synspec: A NLTE code by Ivan Hubeny & Thierry Lanz


    • Atmosphere models

  • Stellar atmosphere models by R. Kurucz
  • Stellar atmosphere models by F. Castelli and R. Kurucz


    • Software for processing and analysis of spectra

  • Rspec/Tom Field
  • Vspec/Valerie Désnoux


    • Hardware

  • Star Analyzer grating
  • Edmund Optics (gratings and lenses and mechanics)
  • Thor Labs (slits and mechanics)


    • My astro-related journal articles and theses

  • Full ADS listing
  • PhD-thesis: 3D Modeling of Solar Convection and Atmosphere Dynamics (1998)
    • Includes the following two papers:
  • A Multigroup Method for Radiation with Scattering in Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Simulations
  • Excitation of Chromospheric Wave Transients by Collapsing Granules
  • MSc-thesis: Dynamics in Stellar Chromospheres (1994)