Ha spectrum of Gamma Cassiopeiae - Tsih - HD 5394 - SAO 11482 [B0IVe] - 2017-12-07 - Astrophoto

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Ha spectrum of Gamma Cassiopeiae - Tsih - HD 5394 - SAO 11482 [B0IVe] - 2017-12-07

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Tsih is a typical Be star, that means there is a disk of gas around the star. The emission lines are caused by this disk.
The star rotates very fast (~ 300km/s). This could be one reason for this disk.
Telescope: Celestron C11, f/10, d=280mm
Spectrograph: Lhires III, 2400gr, slit 23u    Resolution: 0.0693 Å / pixel, resolving power = 18600
Camera: SBIG STT-8300M / SBIG STi   Acquisition software: SbigControl
Date: 7th December 2017,  19:01-19:41 UT, JD 2458095.31
Spectra with 2400 lines/mm, processed with BASS project
Calibrated on atmospheric H2O lines, normalized flux
30 images, each 60 seconds (30 minutes)
Dark corrected and stacked with Pxinsight
RV-measure with HRV-MM2
Download spectrum 1D FIT:  gamCas_20171207.FIT
Download RAW spectrum (580KB): gamCas_20171207_30x1min_RAW.fit
Download BASS project bundle: gamCas_20171207.bun
Download complete project(12MB): gamCas_20171207t.zip
Stellar data (Wikipedia.org):
Constellation: Cassiopeia, RA: 00h 56m 42.50108s, Dec: +60° 43′ 00.2984″
v = 2.47 mag, Mv = -4 mag
Rv = -6.8 km/s
Distance: 550 +- 10 ly, 168 +-3 pc
Mass: 19.3 +-0.1 MΘ
Radius: ~ 10 RΘ
Luninosity: 55000 LΘ
Rotational velocity: ~300 km/s
Age: 8 +-0.4 x 10^6 years
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