Thanks everyone for all your help. Here is the final calibrated spectrum of Merak captured with a full spectrum modified Canon 450D and an Alpy. I was using a 500 mm focal length refractor and used a QHYCCD Polemaster as an electronic finder. It has a huge field of view (11 x 8 deg) but showed stars down to magnitude 8 surprisingly.
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