A Review of Spectroscopic Information in the Visible and Ultraviolet Region for Diatomic Molecules of Astrophysical Interest

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Spectroscopic information in the region approximately between 950 Å and 5000 Å for 42 diatomic molecules of astrophysical interest is summarized from laboratory data and a general literature survey. Three tables are generated. The first one contains the measured lifetimes from the laboratories, electronic transitions, band and line designations, Franck-Condon factors, calculated line strengths, calculated vibrational and rotational oscillator strengths. The second table has transitions, rotational lines in wavelengths ascending order. The thhd table lists the electronic transitions in spectroscopic notation and references of the second table. These data are useful in selecting transitions in searches for possible molecular species in the interstellar medium. This compilation arose primarily through the expressed needs of the OAO Copernicus satellite program at the Princeton University Observatory.

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