High-Resolution Solar Spectrum

Spectrum from 3000 to 11000 Angströms (VIS)

Spectrum from 1.0 to 5.0 microns (10000 to 50000 Å) (IR)

Spectral résolution:

This online solar spectrum has been prepared by Jean-Marie Malherbe, from the data by L.Delbouille et al.:

Delbouille L., Neven L., Roland G., 1973-1988, Photometric Atlas of the Solar Spectrum from l 3000 to l 10000, Institut d'Astrophysique, Université de Liège.
Spectrum made at Jungfraujoch Observatory, 3580m, Swiss Alps, Photo © Noel Cramel, Geneva Observatory

Delbouille L., Roland G., Brault J.W., Testerman L., 1981, Photometric Atlas of the Solar Spectrum from 1850 to 10000 cm-1 (1.85 to 10 mm), Kitt Peak Publication.
Spectrum made at Kitt Peak Observatory, photo © Michel Caplain, L3S Lab, CNRS/INPG Grenoble

NSO/Kitt Peak FTS data used here were produced by NSF/NOAO

Download the complete visible and IR spectrum data in ASCII DAT file (3Mo and 4Mo ZIP files):

RESTRICTION ON USE OF THESE DATA

These data are freely available with one restriction: If you use the data or some product based on the data in a published paper, we ask that you include an acknowledgement and a reference to the following papers as follows:

For the visible spectrum 3000-10000 A:
Data used here were produced at the Jungfraujoch Observatory
by
Delbouille L., Neven L., Roland G., 1973-1988, Photometric Atlas of the
Solar Spectrum from l 3000 to l 10000, Institut d'Astrophysique, Université
de Liège.

For the infrared spectrum 10000-54000 A:
Data used here were produced by NSF/NOAO/NSO at Kitt Peak Observatory (FTS instrument)
by
Delbouille L., Roland G., Brault J.W., Testerman L., 1981, Photometric Atlas
of the Solar Spectrum from 1850 to 10000 cm-1 (1.85 to 10 mm), Kitt Peak
Publication