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VII/141 Spectrophotometric Atlas of Galaxies (Kennicutt Jr. 1992)
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A Spectrophotometric Atlas of Galaxies
Kennicutt Jr. R.C.
<ApJS, 79, 255 (1992)>
=1992ApJS...79..255K
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, nearby; Galaxies, spectra; Spectrophotometry
Description:
This catalog contains 56 spectra, the first are galaxy spectra,
and the last is night sky spectrum. It is include for users
wishing to check for low-level spurious features in the galaxy
spectra. The spectra are intergrated measurements made with
apertures comparable to the diameters of the galaxies. The original
spectra have been combined, rebinned to a common wavelength scale,
and normalized in flux to unity at a reference wavelength or 555 nm.
This catalog can be used for a variety of applications but is not
suitable for applications requiring precision colors over a long
wavelength baseline such as computation of K-corrections, and some
spectral synthesis applications. Tests show that the spectrophotometry
in this catalog is accurate to the few percent level over small
wavelength regions and is accurate to the 10-percent level over the
entire wavelength range. Most observations cover the spectral range
between 3650 and 7100 A with a resolution of 5 - 8 A.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
MK270.dat 80 173 Flux values for MK270
MK3.dat 80 173 Flux values for MK3
MK35.dat 80 173 Flux values for MK35
MK487.dat 80 173 Flux values for MK487
MK59.dat 80 173 Flux values for MK59
MK71.dat 80 173 Flux values for MK71
NGC1275.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC1275
NGC1357.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC1357
NGC1569.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC1569
NGC1832.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC1832
NGC2276.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC2276
NGC2775.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC2775
NGC2798.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC2798
NGC2903.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC2903
NGC3034.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3034
NGC3077.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3077
NGC3147.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3147
NGC3227.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3227
NGC3245.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3245
NGC3303.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3303
NGC3310.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3310
NGC3368.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3368
NGC3379.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3379
NGC3471.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3471
NGC3516.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3516
NGC3623.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3623
NGC3627.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3627
NGC3690.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3690
NGC3921.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3921
NGC3941.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC3941
NGC4194.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4194
NGC4262.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4262
NGC4449.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4449
NGC4472.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4472
NGC4485.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4485
NGC4631.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4631
NGC4648.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4648
NGC4670.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4670
NGC4750.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4750
NGC4775.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4775
NGC4889.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC4889
NGC5195.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC5195
NGC5248.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC5248
NGC5548.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC5548
NGC5866.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC5866
NGC5996.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC5996
NGC6052.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC6052
NGC6181.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC6181
NGC6217.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC6217
NGC6240.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC6240
NGC6643.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC6643
NGC6764.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC6764
NGC7469.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC7469
NGC7714.dat 80 173 Flux values for NGC7714
UGC6697.dat 80 173 Flux values for UGC6697
SKY.dat 80 173 Flux values for night sky
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: *.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 80 10F8.4 --- F(L)/F550 *? Normalized Flux at wavelength L
L = 365.0+0.2*(I) nm; where
I = sequence number of point
with first point having I=0.
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Note on F(L)/F550:
NPTS=1726 Number of points in spectrum
W(1)=3650 Wavelength of first data point in Angstroms
DW=2 Wavelength increment in spectrum (Angstroms)
VAR=F(LAMBDA)/F(5500) Normalization of fluxes (per unit wavelength)
FORMAT=10F8.4 Formatting of flux data, in FORTRAN notation
Each spectrum contain the 1726 flux values, ordered in wavelength as given
above. Each line contains 10 points, with the exception of line 173, which
contains 6 points. In some cases the original spectrum did not cover the
entire 360-705-nm range, and at those wavelengths a data value of 0.0000 is
listed.
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Historical Notes:
* Original description prepared by Dr. Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr.,
September 26, 1991 reformatted to CDS standard.
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(End) Gail L. Schneider [SSDOO,ADC] 22-Feb-1995
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