Hi Steve,
This is not a BAA Observing Section in the normal sense as these are oriented towards the observation of particular objects or classes of objects. Rather it is an observing technique in the same way that photometry is a technique which can be used to observe any object. So I don’t see it being a BAA Section in its own right but rather we are trying to encourage its use in any of the Observing Sections where it can be practically useful.
There will be an announcement in the April Journal of an initiative to help members who are interested in getting into spectroscopy.
David