For the H-alpha region, some time it
is necessary to correct spectra for the occurence of telluric water vapour
lines (H2O). For this purpose I have adapted a model of atmospheric spectral
lines (GEISA date base). The synthetic astmosphere is adjusted semi-automatically
to the observational data (FWHM, spectral shift, transmitance of the atmosphere),
and finally the star spectrum is divided by the atmospheric model.
In red, the telluric H2O line around H-alpha line. In blue, a typical spectral
resolution fit according to the real spectrum (parametric gaussien convolution
of the red figure).
Enlargement of the H-alpha region. Red curve, the typical atmospheric transmission
for a resolution of 0.1 A. Blue curve, same but for a spectral resolution
of 2 A.
Red, the spectra of the Be-star Delta Scorpius (very low above the horizon
- air mass of 3.1). The H-alpha emission is clear but also the H2O lines.
Blue, the atmospheric model fitted to the Delta Sco spectra (note the very
good correlation). Green, the resulting Delta Sco spectrum corrected for
the atmospheric transmission. The reason of residual is induced by the
difficult to estimate the continuum baseline for this problematic star
(remenber the high value of air-mass).
Comparison of the unprocessed spectrum (up) and the processed spectrum
(down). This type of atmospheric correction is some time important to obtain
scientic valuable results.