Astronomy

Spectrometer and spectrum tubes

Different lights produce light in different ways, and so produce very different spectra. With a spectroscope you can investigate the hidden depths of light.

 

We have built these as outreach kit and exhibits, with different light sources to look at including a variety of white light sources, a selection of gas discharge tubes and looking at fluorescent materials.

Pi Gazing

This involved integrating a raspberry pi and a custom PCB into a security camera box and powering it through an ethernet cable for an amateur astronomer who wrote the software.

https://pigazing.dcford.org.uk/

With more than one camera it is possible to triangulate the positions and speeds of the meteors.