Spectroscopy Workshop SMSW-2

By Olivier Garde

The second edition of the spectroscopy workshop SMSW-2 “Sacramento Mountains Spectroscopy Workshop”, was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on February 22nd, 23rd et 24th 2019 in the beautiful setting of the Encanto Hotel whose decoration reminds us that Mexico is not far away.

The organizers, Ken Hudson and Joe Daglen, set up very nice program with 13 speakers (including four French speakers) and 22 presentations were offered to the attendees during theses three days.

There were more than 80 attendees from six countries, and from 20 US states. Among them, both beginners and very experienced people in spectroscopy.

Ken Hudson and Joe Daglen, the organizers of the workshop
(Photo credit : Olivier Garde)

The speakers

Various speakers followed one another during the workshop, whether professionals, amateurs or students.

Valérie Desnoux
(Photo : Olivier Garde)

David Whelan, Phd
(Photo : Olivier Garde)

The students from the College of Idaho with Micah Woodard, Nick Lotspeich and Molly Vitale-Sulivan.
(Photo credit : Olivier Garde)

Program and workshop presentations

Find here all the presentations in .pdf file (click on the hypertext link to download the document)

Friday, February 22, 2019

• Introductions, schedule, events
  by Joe Daglen and Ken Hudson

• Introductions, schedule, events
  by Joe Daglen

• Basics of spectroscopy
  by François Cochard

• Spectroscopy instruments
  by François Cochard

• ISIS software- installation and overview
  by Joe Daglen and Ken Hudson

• ISIS – data reduction workflow
  by Joe Daglen and Ken Hudson

• Interpreting spectra of intermediate and high-mass stars
  by David Whelan

• AAVSO spectroscopy database
  by Stella Kafka

Saturday, February 23, 2019

• Data reduction with ISIS (using LHIRES III data)
  by Joe Daglen and Ken Hudson

• Data reduction with Demetra (ALPY 600 data)
  by François Cochard

• What equipment do I need for spectroscopy ?
  by François Cochard

• Radial velocity and line broadening in spectra
  by Katie Devine

• Amateur spectroscopy projects
  by Stella Kafka

• Spectroscopy of Be stars
  by Drew Chojnowski

Sunday, February 24, 2019

• Visual Spec and analysis of spectra
  by Valérie Desnoux

• College of Idaho student presentation on beginning spectroscopy
  by Molly Vitale-Sulivan, Nick Lotspeich and Micah Woodard

• UVEX III, a spectrograph for beginners and some science

  by Christian Buil

• Contributing to the Bess database
  by Ken Hudson and Valérie Desnoux

• Bess data validation (standard, quality, advices for observers)
  by Valérie Desnoux

• Confirmation of planetary nebula candidates with spectroscopy
  by Olivier Garde

• Lessons learned with beginning spectroscopy
  by Joe Daglen

• Lessons learned with beginning spectroscopy
  by Ken Hudson

Group picture

All attendees and speakers of the workshop (some people are missing from the picture)
(Photo credit : Joe Daglen)

Daisy Alferez from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada wrote an article about this workshop which is available HERE