the effect of seeing

Forums Spectroscopy Finding/Guiding with a Lodestar the effect of seeing

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Robin Leadbeater
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Hi Tony,

If there is any starlight overspilling the slit then yes, any improvement in the seeing will reduce that and a higher percentage of the light will get through the slit into the spectrograph.  (The spectrum resolution remains unchanged though as this is determined by the slit width. This is different from slitless systems like the Star Analyser where you always get all the light but poor seeing reduces the resolution)

Cheers

Robin