Mercator Lib. of High Res. Stellar Spectroscopy

We have also developed methods to correct for the instrumental response, in order to approach the true shape of the spectral continuum. Additionally, we devised a normalisation process in order to provide a homogeneous normalisation of the full spectral range for most of the objects. We present a new spectral library, consisting in 3256 spectra covering 2043 stars.

It combines high signal-to-noise and high spectral resolution over the entire range of effective temperatures and luminosity classes. The spectra are presented in four versions: raw, two 'Spectral Energy Distribution' (SED) versions, both corrected from the instrumental response, with and without correction for the molecular absorption of the Earth's atmosphere, and a normalised version of the telluric corrected spectrum.