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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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