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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 every year, we give priority...

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The whoppshel on a 1m telescope

The whoppshel on a 1m telescope

By Olivier Garde The Calern plateau, near Nice, is a site of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, which is home to, among other things, the C2PU (Centre Pédagogique Planète et Univers) with 2 twin 1m-diameter telescopes. Every year since 2017, with the 2SPOT team, I've...

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An exoplanet collision

An exoplanet collision

How did a team of amateur astronomers become co-authors of an internationally renowned scientific publication?An association of amateur astronomers   2SPOT[1] is a public-interest scientific association created in 2019 by five amateur astronomers (Stéphane...

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My experience of the 2023 spectro course

My experience of the 2023 spectro course

At the end of this article, you will find the different presentations made by the course leaders!August 8th arrival at OHP Great day to plant setups at the Haute Provence Observatory. Amidst rosemary, myriads of little white snails and other small creatures, I arrived...

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2SPOT: a spectro setup in Chile

2SPOT: a spectro setup in ChileBy Olivier Garde, Pascal Le Dû, Lionel Mulato, Thomas Petit, Stéphane Charbonnel© Deep Sky Chile spotSince the 2000s, many amateurs have been installing remotely controllable telescopes on sites in Chile in order to compensate for the...

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Sn 1181, an unusual story …

Sn 1181, an unusual story …

At first glance, it is curiosity that motivates any amateur who observes the sky. Sometimes this curiosity is rewarded by acquiring a very beautiful picture or by explaining a physical phenomenon that takes place thousands of light years from Earth, through spectroscopic observation.

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UVEX, to write a new page in astronomy

UVEX, to write a new page in astronomy

UVEX, to write a new page in astronomy by François CochardWe are happy to announce the arrival of a new instrument in the Shelyak range. This event is important for several reasons. It's a sign of the dynamism of the astronomical community, which always pushes the...

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TimeBox : to accurately measure an occultation

TimeBox : to accurately measure an occultation

Timing of astronomical occultations and other astronomical phenomena need to be done in an absolute time scale with a precision of a few milliseconds in order to pull and compare recordings done by different observers around the world.

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