Optical Spectroscopy

Project 1:  Spectrophotometry, 5300 - 10200 A, 20A resolution

Project 2:  Spectroscopy, 3100 - 10200 A, 3A resolution

Project3:   Spectroscopy of the brightest emission lines, 0.6 A resolution

Publications:  Spyromilio et al. 1991; Stathakis et al. 1991; Spyromilio &
                       Pinto 1991; Cannon & Stathakis 1991; Spyromilio &
                       Graham 1992; Hanuschik et al. 1993; Spyromilio, Stathakis
                       & Meurer 1993; Stathakis, Cannon & Spyromilo 1994;
                       Stathakis 1996; Stathakis 1997; Cannon & Stathakis 1997
                       (full references).

Tables of observations.

FORS spectrophotometry (Project 1)
RGO spectroscopy (Project 2) during 1987
Optical spectroscopy (Project 2) from 1988 to 1990
Optical spectroscopy (Project 2) from 1991 to current
Optical spectroscopy at high dispersion (Project 3)

FITS spectra.

Reduced spectra for the observations listed above are available in FITS format. The name of each file is the age of SN 1987A in days, followed by the detector/spectrograph. "gec" are red spectra taken with the GEC CCD and RGO Spectrograph; "ipcs" are blue spectra taken with the IPCS and RGO Spetrograph; while "ucle" are UCLES spectra, mostly in the red. The "n" data have been normalised by setting a small section of each spectrum to 1 (around 5700 Å.

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Original page by Ray Stathakis; last updated 14 April 2008 by Stuart Ryder