The CTIO nova survey: data

R.E. Williams, M. Hamuy, M.M. Phillips, S.R. Heathcote, L. Wells, M. Navarrete, and H.W. Duerbeck

We present 198 optical postoutburst spectra in digital form for 27 novae (23 classical, 4 recurrent). Broad wavelength coverage (between 320 and 1600 nm) has been emphasized at the expense of spectral resolution although the latter has been sufficient to resolve the emission lines. For many of the novae, the temporal coverage has been adequate to document the progressive evolution of the emisison line spectra from the earliest stages at maximum light, dominated by premitted transitions, to the later stages when nebular forbidden lines predominate. Brief descriptions of the spectral evolution for each object are given, and light curves are displayed.

Manuscript: jad9_3.ps

Spectra image files (FITS) are in directories FITS, the ASCII files are in ASCII