REVIEW OF SPECTRAL INFORMATION FOR DIATOMIC MOLECULES OF ASTROPHYSICAL INTEREST

$^{1}$J. L. Pritchard, unpublished work (1972); N. H. Brooks, private communication (1975). $^{2}$In particular associated with the OAO Copernicus satellite program at the Princeton University Observatory.Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York; Institute for Astronomy, University of HawaiiSpectroscopic Information for diatomic molecules of astrophysical interest: is obtained from laboratory data and general literature survey. Three tables are generated. The first one contains measured lifetimes from the laboratory, electronic transitions, band and line designations, Franck-Condon factors, calculated line strengths, and calculated vibrations and rotational oscillator strengths. The second table has band origins, rotational lines in wavelengths and wavenumbers. The third one Is the same as the second except it is sorted out in wavelength ascending order. Previous work has been corrected and $superseded.^{1}$ These data are useful in identifying molecular species optically in the interstellar $medium.^{2}