The Ritter Observatory Public Archive of Spectra of β Cephei Stars


Sample spectrum of the β Cephei star 12 Lacertae in the Hα region.

Sample spectrum of the β Cephei star β Canis Majoris showing the He I triplet line near 5876 Å.

File names are in the form: observation date followed by serial number, followed by file extension .fits, as in YYYYMMDD.NNN.fits. Unless otherwise noted, all files contain échelle spectra.

The "blue spectral region" ranges from 3980 to 4700 Angstroms.

The LDS spectral region is typically 6200 to 6900 Å.

Right click on link to download desired file.

  • β CMa (B1 II/III), HD 44743
  • β Cep (B2 IIIe), HD 205021
  • 19 Tau (B1 V), HD 52918
  • ν Eri (B2 III), HD 29248
  • 12 Lac (B2 III), HD 214993:
  • 16 Lac (B2 IV), HD 216916:
  • γ Pegasi (B2 IV), HD 886:
  • PT Pup (B2 II), HD 61068