Spectrum Images of Light Sources

Here are some aquired spectra of common light sources. There are generally two kinds of light found in the world: I aquired these images with a diffraction grating held onto a small plastic tube--you can see the slit in the end of the tube on the left side of each image. I just held my digital camera up to the tube by hand, so each aquired spectrum is at a slightly different orientation. A decent, calibrated spectrometer is only $40--I need to invest in one!

cloud
spectrum of cloud

crt_blue
spectrum of crt_blue

crt_green
spectrum of crt_green

crt_red
spectrum of crt_red

crt_white
spectrum of crt_white

flo_bedroom
spectrum of flo_bedroom

flo_garage
spectrum of flo_garage

flo_kitchen
spectrum of flo_kitchen

flo_livingroom
spectrum of flo_livingroom

flo_tablepaper
spectrum of flo_tablepaper

flo_table
spectrum of flo_table

inc_100wbig
spectrum of inc_100wbig

inc_30w
spectrum of inc_30w

inc_75w
spectrum of inc_75w

lcd_blue
spectrum of lcd_blue

lcd_green
spectrum of lcd_green

lcd_red
spectrum of lcd_red

lcd_white
spectrum of lcd_white

mercury
spectrum of mercury

sky
spectrum of sky

sun_paper
spectrum of sun_paper

Orion Sky Lawlor, 2006
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