Ha spectrum of Gamma Cassiopeiae - Tsih - HD 5394 - SAO 11482 [B0IVe] - 2015-12-07 - Astrophoto

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Ha spectrum of Gamma Cassiopeiae - Tsih - HD 5394 - SAO 11482 [B0IVe] - 2015-12-07

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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    Acquisition software: SbigControl   Guiding Software: DMKguider
Date: 7. December 2015,  23:19- 00:21 UT, JD 2457364.49
Spectra with 2400 lines/mm, processed with BASS project
Calibrated with on atmospheric H2O lines, normalized flux
12 images, each 300 seconds (60 minutes)
Dark corrected, cropped, enlarged by factor 2 and stacked with Pxinsight
RV-measure with HRV-MM2
Download spectrum 1D FIT:  gamCas_20151207_Ha.FIT
Download RAW spectrum (500KB): gamCas_12x300s_20151207.fit
Download spectrum 1D FIT (dry):  gamcas_20151207_dry.FIT
Download BASS project bundle: gamCas_20151207.bun gamCas_20151207_EW.bun
Download complete project(1.7MB): gamCas_20151207.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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