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Types of spectrographs and their functioning
Calculation, self-building and reconstruction of spectrographs
Adaptation of optics, telescope and observation camera
Collimation of a Littrow spectrograph
CCD (linearity) (hotpix)
Creating the wavelength scale
Extraction of spectra from series of recordings (frame data reduction I, II, III, IV)
Problems with flatfield (flats)
Overview of software products for data reduction and its applications
Wavelength calibration
Detailed processing of spectra (normalization, S / N, resolution, removal of telluric lines, equivalent width)
Interpretation of spectra
Interesting topics and observation projects for beginners
Books, literature and references

Own observations and projects, spectra, results
- Lectures, publications
  - Determination of the orbital elements of the binary system Mizar A from radial velocity measurements (interim)
  - Measurement of the orbital elements of binary systems with slitless spectrograph (Talk Mizar A, May 2008). On this issue are two articles in SuW and VdS Journal in the pipeline ..
  - theta1 Orionis C, a young massive star with a magnetic brake?
  - epsilon Aurigae: A mysterious cover variables in long-term observation (IBVS 5747). [0807.2855] Gearing Up for Epsilon Aurigae's First Eclipse of the Millennium - JL Hopkins, L. Schanne, RE Stencel
  - Theory: Global regularities about signal to noise ratio (S / N)