The music of the spheres


Autoria(s): Lewicki, M.; Hughes, S.
Data(s)

30/01/2012

Resumo

This article describes a method for making a spectroscope from scrap materials, i.e. a fragment of compact disc, a cardboard box, a tube and a digital camera to record the spectrum. An image processing program such as ImageJ can be used to calculate the wavelength of emission and absorption lines from the digital photograph. Multiple images of a spectrum can be stacked to reduce random noise, enabling spectra of faint objects to be obtained. Some basic experiments are described, such as viewing the spectrum produced by various types of lamp and the Sun. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/52833/

Publicador

Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/52833/3/52833.pdf

DOI:10.1088/0031-9120/47/4/418

Lewicki, M. & Hughes, S. (2012) The music of the spheres. Physics Education, 47(4), pp. 418-422.

Direitos

Copyright 2012 Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

Fonte

School of Chemistry, Physics & Mechanical Engineering; Science & Engineering Faculty

Tipo

Journal Article