DIGITIZED SPECTRA DATA
There are many online databases of
digitized spectra
of stellar objects at the National Space Science Data Center
(NSSDC)
available at the
Astronomical Data Center's
(ADC)
Anonymous FTP
site. (There are a few other sources as well)
There is a graphics intensive experimental page with various types of
plots
based on the data from the NASA spectra database.
There is a shorter version of this page with only the
titles of these databases.
Click on author(s) for abstract or click on title for data. The code in parentheses indicates either
- (online) = Full paper is available in GIF and PostScript formats
- (data) = link to CDS data from ADS abstract
- (?) = Failed to find ADS abstract
Optical Spectra
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Torres,A.V., Massey,P.: 1987, ApJS, 65, 459. (data)
An Atlas of Optical Spectrophotometry of Wolf-Rayet Carbon and Oxygen Stars
(also available from
CDS site
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Torres-Dodgen,A.V., Massey,P.: 1988, AJ, 96, 1076. (online)
Spectrophotometry of Wolf-Rayet Stars
(also available from
CDS site)
- Hamann,W.R., Koesterke,L., Wessolowski,U. : 1995,
Spectral atlas of the Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars (WN sequence)
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High resolution spectral atlas of P Cygni (Heidelberg)
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Van Winckel,H., Duerbeck,H.W., Schwarz, H.E.: 1993, AAS, 102, 401. (data)
Ivison, R.J., Bode, M.F., and Meaburn, J. 1994, AAS, 103, 201. (data)
An Atlas of High Resolution Line Profiles of Symbiotic Stars
(contains T CrB, CH Cyg, CI Cyg and R Aqr)
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Applequist,L., et al.: 1983, AAS, 52, 237.
A Photometric Atlas of the Spectrum of Gamma Tauri 5186-8700 Å
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Johnson,H.L.: 1977, Rev.Mex.Astron.Astrof., 2, 71;
Johnson,H.L.: 1977, Rev.Mex.Astron.Astrof., 2, 219; (?)
Johnson,H.L.: 1978, Rev.Mex.Astron.Astrof., 2, 273;
Johnson,H.L.: 1978, Rev.Mex.Astron.Astrof., 4, 3.
An Atlas of Stellar Spectra
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Jacoby, G.H., Hunter, D.A., Christian,C.A.: 1984, ApJS, 56, 257. (data)
A Library of Stellar Spectra (also available in
STSDAS FITS table format)
(see sample color plots of spectra)
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Silva,D.R., Cornell,M.E.: 1992, ApJS, 81, 865. (data)
A New Library of Stellar Optical Spectra
- La Palma Data Archive (telnet).
Canary Islands Observatories, Cambridge Univ..
- Quasar absorption line lists (various authors from 1993-1996)
- Color plots of the optical emission line spectra of the elements.
Large Bright Quasar Survey (LBQS)
MMT
optical spectral survey of about a thousand bright quasars scanned into GIF and PostScript but
not yet digitized into numeric format. Resolution isn't high (about 6 Å) but data is uniform,
greatly aiding spectra comparison.
(online)
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Foltz,C.B., Chaffee,F.H., Hewett,P.C., MacAlpine,G.M., Turnshek,D.A.: 1987, AJ., 94, 1423. (online)
The APM QSO survey. I - Initial MMT results
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Foltz,C.B., Chaffee,F.H., Hewett,P.C., Weymann,R.J., Anderson,S.F., MacAlpine,G.M.: 1989, AJ., 98, 1959. (online)
The large, bright QSO survey. II - QSOs in three equatorial fields
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Hewett,P.C., Francis,P.J., Foltz,C.B., Chaffee,F.H., Weymann,R.J.: 1991, AJ., 101, 1121. (online)
The large, bright QSO survey. III - QSOs in six equatorial fields
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Chaffee,F.H., Foltz,C.B., Hewett,P.C., Francis,P.J., Weymann,R.J.: 1991, AJ., 102, 461. (online)
The large, bright QSO survey. IV - QSOs in two equatorial fields
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Morris,S.L., Weymann,R.J., Anderson,S.F., Hewett,P.C., Francis,P.J., Foltz,C.B., Chaffee,F.H., MacAlpine,G.M.: 1991, AJ., 102, 1627. (online)
The large, bright QSO survey. V - QSOs in three southern fields
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Hewett,P.C., Foltz,C.B., Chaffee,F.H.: 1995, AJ., 109, 1498. (online)
The large bright quasar survey. 6: Quasar catalog and survey parameters
(contains
table of LBQS)
Ultraviolet spectra
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Niedzielski,A., Rochowicz,K.: 1994, AA Sup., 108, 669. (data)
Low Resolution IUE spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars
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Snow,T.P., Lamers,H.J.G.L.M, Lindholm,D.M., Odell,A.P.: 1994, ApJS, 95, 163.
Atlas of Ultraviolet P Cygni Profiles (ADS)
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Kinney,A.L., et al.: 1991, ApJS, 75, 645.
An Ultraviolet Atlas of Quasar and Blazar Spectra
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Kinney,A.L., et al.: 1993, ApJS, 86, 5. (data)
An Atlas of Ultraviolet Spectra of Starforming Galaxies
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Walborn,N.R., Nichols-Bohlin,J., Panek,R.J.: 1985, NASA Ref. Publ., 1155. (?)
IUE Atlas of O-Type Stellar Spectra from 1200 to 1900 Angstroms
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Brekke,P.:1993, ApJ.supp., 87, 443.
Ultraviolet Spectral Atlas of the Sun, 1190-1730 Angstroms
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Snow Jr.,T.P., Jenkins,E.B.: 1977, ApJS, 33, 269.
A Catalog of 0.2-A Resolution Far-Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra Measured with Copernicus
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Walborn,N.R., Parker,J.W., Nichols,J.S.: 1995, NASA Ref. Pub., 1363. (?)
International Ultraviolet Explorer Atlas of B-type Spectra from 1200 to 1900 Å
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Heck,A., et al.: 1984, ESA SP-1052; (?)
Heck,A., et al.: 1984, AAS, 57, 213. (data)
IUE Low-Dispersion Spectra Reference Atlas. I. Normal Stars
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Code,A.D., Meade,M.R.: 1978, ApJS, 39, 195;
Meade,M.R., Code,A.D.: 1980, ApJS, 42, 283.
OAO 2 Ultraviolet Photometry: An Atlas of Stellar Spectra
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Henize,K.G., et al.: 1979, NASA Ref. Publ. 1031. (?)
Catalog of Far-Ultraviolet Objective-Prism Spectrophotometry:
Skylab Experiment S-019, Ultraviolet Stellar Astronomy
Infrared spectra
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Johnson,H.L., Mendez,M.E.: 1970, AJ, 75, 785.
Infrared Spectra for 32 Stars
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Kleinmann,S.G., Hall,D.N.B.: 1986, ApJS, 62, 501.
Spectra of Late-Type Standard Stars in the Region 2.0-2.5 Microns
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Torres-Dodgen,A.V., Weaver,W.B.: 1993, PASP, 105, 693. (online) (data)
An Atlas of Low-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectra of Normal Stars
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Danks,A.C., Dennefeld,M.: 1994, PASP, 106, 382. (online)
An Atlas of Southern MK Standards from 5800 to 10,200 Angstroms
- Archive of UKIRT Long Wavelength (LWIR) Spectra
(also has
tables of IR lines for H2, He, CO, H, OH, SiO)
Star Catalogs
Various catalogs of Wolf-Rayet, Be star and emission line stars and online
publications and magazines relating to hot stars.
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Van der Hucht,K.A., et al.: 1981, Space Science Rev., 28, 227.
Sixth Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars
- Page,A.A.: 1984, Mt. Tamborine Obs.
Catalogue, Spectrum and Magnitude Data Bank of Be, Bp and Bpe Stars
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Jaschek,M., Egret,D.: 1982, IAU Symp.98, "Be Stars", p. 261. (?)
Catalog of Be Stars
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Wackerling,L.R.: 1970, MNRAS, 73, 153. (?)
Catalogue of Early-Type Stars Whose Spectra Have Shown Emission Lines
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Hewitt,A., Burbidge,G.: 1993, ApJS, 87, 451. (data)
A Revised and Updated Catalog of Quasi-Stellar Objects
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Hewitt,A., Burbidge,G.: 1991, ApJS, 75, 297. (data)
An Optical Catalog of Extragalactic Emission-line Objects Similar
to Quasistellar Objects
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Veron-Cetty,M.-P., Veron,P.: 1993, ESO Sci. Rep., No. 13. (?)
A Catalogue of Quasars and Active Nuclei, 6th Edition
- IPAC : 1989,
Cataloged Galaxies and Quasars Observed in the IRAS Survey, Version 2
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Warren,S.J., Hewett,P.C., Osmer,P.S.: 1991, ApJS, 76, 23; (data)
Warren,S.J., Hewett,P.C., Irwin, M.J., Osmer,P.S.: 1991, ApJS, 76, 1. (data)
A Wide-Field Multicolor Survey for High-Redshift Quasars, z>=2.2
II. The Quasar Catalog
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Schneider,D.P., et al.: 1992, PASP, 104, 678. (online) (data)
Accurate Positions of 528 High-Redshift, Luminous Quasars from
the HST Snap-Shot Survey
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Engels,D.: 1979, AAS, 36, 337.
Catalog of Late-Type Stars with OH, H2O or SiO Maser Emission
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Benson,P.J., et al.: 1990, ApJS, 74, 911.
A Catalog of Observations for Stellar Masers
- Be Star Newsletter
- Hot Star Newsletter
- AGB Newsletter
- Star Formation Newsletter
There will soon be some spectra stored in GIF, and JPEG here. Spectral plots
will be in GIF format, for example the optical spectrum of an
F0V dwarf star. Photographic-like spectra
will be like this
O5V dwarf star (from 3510-4800 Angstroms), or
like these four Wolf-Rayet stars.
Also see the
Astronomy HyperText Book section on
stellar spectra
Theory is a good thing but a good experiment lasts for ever.
- Peter Leonidovich Kapitsa, Experiment, Theory, Practice, 1980.
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