Telescope Data Archives

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Telescope Data Center maintains archives of data from SAO and HCO telescopes.

  • Low-dispersion spectrographs are used primarily for extra-galactic sources.
  • Echelle spectrographs are used for star spectra and radial velocities.

Instrument Description Number of spectra
Online
Date Range Range
(Angstroms)
Resolution
(Ang/Pixel)
Reference Search
Z-Machine Spectrograph Reticon spectrograph formerly on the Mt. Hopkins Tillinghast 60-inch reflector 27,171 August 1978 to September 1993 4500 - 7200 1.2 Processing is described in Mink and Wyatt, 1991. Archive Search
FAST Spectrograph Long slit CCD spectrograph currently used on the Mt. Hopkins Tillinghast 60-inch reflector 110,078 January 1994 to the present 3660 - 7535 1.47 Processing is described in Tokarz and Roll, 1996. Archive Search
Hectospec Spectrograph 300-fiber CCD spectrograph currently used on the MMT 6.5-meter reflector 10,100 November 2003 to the present 3700 - 9150 1.47Processing is described in Mink et al., 2006. Public Archive Search
Published Early Programs
Updated Zwicky Catalog of Galaxies Catalog of galaxy positions and redshifts, published in 1999, with access to the spectra upon which the redshifts are based. 19,367 galaxies
7,026 Z-Machine spectra
4,488 FAST spectra
before 1999 variable variable Falco, et.al., 1999 Archive Search
MMT Blue Channel Spectrograph Low dispersion reticon spectra taken on the MMT 8,790 October 1980 to October 1994 3200 - 7000 1.4 none Archive Search
Oak Ridge Echelle Spectrograph High dispersion Echelle reticon spectra taken on the Oak Ridge 61-inch telescope 122,829 July 1982 to July 2005 5166 - 5611
(usually)
0.01 none Public Archive Search
Mt. Hopkins Echelle Spectrograph High dispersion Echelle reticon spectra taken on the Mt. Hopkins Tillinghast 60-inch reflector have been archived 82,295 December 1978 to the present 5166 - 5611
(usually)
0.01 none Public Archive Search

Last updated 25 February 2013