New BASS Project software manual in French. Learn, understand…

Words that have motivated humankind since the beginning of time.
Spectroscopy has become the astronomer's primary tool for finding answers to questions about the raw material that forms our universe: stars. But to do so, one must also master this tool. Just 15 years ago, spectroscopy was inaccessible to amateurs, but that has certainly changed!

To facilitate the introduction of spectroscopy to the amateur astronomy community, John Paraskeva designed and developed this software over time. It is for its performance and ease of use that I chose it for my own astronomical journey.

Since English is not my first language, and to help my French-speaking colleagues, I undertook the project of translating the manual into French to pave the way and accelerate my learning curve. Subsequently, I asked a few colleagues, Roger Venne and Damien Lemay, to review my translation to ensure it remained faithful to John Paraskeva's remarkable work.

After more than a year of work, this translation was uploaded and made available to the French-speaking community on December 24, 2019. Stella Kafka, Executive Director of the AAVSO, requested a copy for reference for their new spectroscopy database (AVSpec). Through these two means, we are talking about Quebec's global influence.

This document we are offering you is imperfect, but it was created with passion by passionate individuals. It will be up to us to improve it over time, through our ongoing monitoring and experience.

http://omsj.info/Download/BASS_PROJECT_1.9.9-FR.pdf

Jean-Bruno Desrosiers (JBD)
Observatoire du Mont St-Joseph.
http://omsj.info | AAVSO: DJED
Latitude: N45 '| Longitude: O71 '