This service provides access to a modified version of the Skiff Spectral catalog.
The full catalog is available from VizieR. The table includes the standard
spectral classifications (with spaces removed) and their encoded values as described
in the IVOA note titled "An Encoding system to Represent Stellar Spectral Classes
in Archival Databases and Catalogs". The table contains roughly 450,000 targets.
Note Skiff does not list novae or supernovae.
This table was created by cross correlating entries from the MAST "Table of
Representative Spectra" with targets listed in the Skiff Spectral catalog,
the Sky2000 catalog, and/or provided by Simbad. Spectra from IUE, STIS, FUSE,
EUVE, HUT, GHRS, FOS, WUPPE, BEFS, and TUES are included. Most correlations were
based on cross-matching target names and coordinates, usually with a 5" tolerance,
but a few matches may be wrong. The table lists roughly 28,000 observations
including novae and supernovae of which more than 22,000 have assigned spectral types.