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Spectroscopy is the ‘neglected art’ as far as most amateurs astronomers are concerned. Amongst professional astronomers, however, it is, by contrast, the single most useful and used technique available. At a minimum estimate, 75% of all our knowledge in astrophysics derives from observing spectra.
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Kitchin, C.R. (1995). Astronomical Spectroscopes. In: Moore, P. (eds) The Modern Amateur Astronomer. Practical Astronomy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0387-5_9
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