A High-Resolution Catalogue of Cometary Emission Lines
M.E. Brown, A.H. Bouchez, H. Spinrad, and C.M. Johns-Krull
Astronomical Journal, 112, 1197-1202, 1996
Abstract
Using high-resolution spectra obtained with the Hamilton echelle
spectrograph at Lick Observatory,
we have constructed a catalogue of emission lines observed in
comets Swift-Tuttle and Brorsen-Metcalf.
The spectra cover the range between
3800 and 9900 A with a spectral resolution of
~ 42000.
In the spectra, we catalogue 2997 emission lines
of which we identify 2437.
We find cometary lines due to H, O, C2, CN, NH2, C3,
H2O+, CH, and CH+. We list 559 unidentified
lines compiled from the two spectra.
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Tables of Line Identifications
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Click here for a complete list of C2 lines (247 kb)
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Click here for a complete list of CH lines (3 kb)
Click here for a complete list of CN lines (33 kb)
Click here for a complete list of H2O+ lines (4 kb)
Click here for a complete list of NH2 lines (29 kb)
Click here for a complete list of all unidentified lines (39 kb)
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