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With the wide availability of CCD imaging cameras in the amateur community has come the ability to do meaningful spectroscopic measurement projects. Amateurs can now perform high-resolution stellar spectroscopy with 2-Å or better resolution on stars down to 12th magnitude, and spectroscopy on diffuse objects down to 19th magnitude arcse-2 with five-minute exposures and commercially available mass-market telescopes.
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Holmes, A. (2003). The Potential of CCD-Based Amateur Spectroscopy. In: Oswalt, T.D. (eds) The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 287/8/9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0253-0_21
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