A DATABASE OF UV-OPTICAL SPECTRA OF NEARBY QUIESCENT AND ACTIVE GALAXIES Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann(1), Daniela Calzetti(2) and Anne L. Kinney(2) (1) Instituto de Fisica, UFRGS, Campus do Vale, C.P. 15051, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil (2) Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218 ABSTRACT We announce the availability of UV-optical spectra of 99 galaxies, the list of which is given at the bottom of this README file according to activity type: 1. quiescent galaxies (subdivided in ellipticals and spirals/later types) and 2. "active" galaxies (subdivided in starbursts/HII, Seyferts, and LINERs/mixed types). In summary, the available data consist of IUE UV (1200--3300A) spectra combined with ground-based optical spectra obtained with a matched aperture (10"x20"). Some of the quiescent galaxy spectra, the starburst and Seyfert 2 spectra have been already presented in McQuade, Calzetti & Kinney (1995, ApJS 97, 331) and Storchi-Bergmann, Kinney & Challis (1995, ApJS 98, 103). The optical spectra cover the range 3200-7500A for the Northern Hemisphere galaxies and the range 3200-10000A for the Sourthern Hemisphere galaxies. =============================================================== REMARKS ABOUT THE IUE SPECTRA The IUE spectra consists of two segments obtained, respectively, with the short wavelength camera (SWS), covering the spectral range 1150-2000A at 5A spectral resolution, and the long-wavelenght camera (LWS), covering the spectral range 1900-3300A at 8A spectral resolution. In some cases, one spectral region (most often the SWS) is missing, because the data were not available or of poor quality. The quality of the data decreases towards the end of each spectral segment, which is often noticeable in the overlap region around 2000A. We have edited out from the spectra the strong geocoronal Lyman alpha emission line, using a straigth line to connect the two continuum points at both sides of the line. REMARKS ABOUT THE SPECTRA OF THE SOUTHERN SAMPLE The optical spectra of the southern sample were obtained with two different telescopes and setups (see Storchi-Bergmann et al., reference above): (1) The 3200-6400A range was observed with the CTIO 1m telescope and 2DFRUTTI detector, at a spectral resolution of 8A. The 2DFRUTTI had a very good response in the blue but poor response towards the red. The spectra thus have good signal-to-noise ratio in the blue, but poor signal above 6000A. Above 6000A, there are also uncertainties in the curvature of the spectra due to second order contamination from light at lambda ~3000-3200A. (2) The 6400-8200A and 8200-10000A wavelength ranges were observed with the 1.5m telescope and a CCD detector, at a spectral resolution of 5.5A. Some nights were not photometric, and as a result, some of the segments of the spectra have low S/N ratio; we decided to keep them, as we could recover the average flux from the other segments of the spectra. In general there was a good agreement between the flux at the red end of the UV spectra and at the blue end of the optical spectra. In a few cases, however, the optical spectrum had to be scaled to match the UV spectrum. Uncertainties may still remain in some cases where the signal-to-noise at the end of the UV spectrum is poor. REMARKS ABOUT THE SPECTRA OF THE NORTHERN SAMPLE The optical spectra of the northern sample were obtained with the 0.9m telescope at KPNO and the now retired Intensified Reticon Scanner (IRS, see the McQuade et al. reference above), using a circular aperture of 13.5". Because of the close match between the IUE and optical apertures, no normalization between the UV and optical spectra was required. Two separate gratings were employed to obtain the blue (3200-5500A) and the red (5000-7500A) part of the spectra with resolution of about 10A. LIST OF GALAXIES 1. QUIESCENT GALAXIES: 1a. Ellipticals ngc205 ngc210 ngc221 ngc584 ngc1052 ngc1316 ngc1399 ngc1404 ngc1407 ngc2865 ngc6166 ngc6868 ngc7196 1b. Spirals and later types ngc224 ngc598 ngc1023 ngc1433 ngc1553 ngc2768 ngc3031 ngc3077 ngc3115 ngc4853 ngc6340 2. "ACTIVE" GALAXIES: 2a. Starbursts/HII 1050-04 eso296-11 eso572-34 haro15 ic1586 ic214 mrk309 mrk357 mrk499 mrk542 mrk66 ngc1140 ngc1313 ngc1510 ngc1569 ngc1614 ngc1705 ngc1800 ngc1808 ngc2403 ngc3049 ngc3125 ngc3256 ngc4194 ngc4385 ngc4861 ngc5102 ngc5236 ngc5253 ngc5860 ngc5996 ngc6052 ngc6090 ngc6217 ngc6221 ngc7250 ngc7496 ngc7552 ngc7673 ngc7714 ngc7793 t1941-543 tol1924-416 ugc9560 ugca410 2b. Seyferts ic3639 mkn313 mrk477 ngc1068 ngc1275 ngc1667 ngc262 ngc3081 ngc3393 ngc3660 ngc4748 ngc5135 ngc5506 ngc5643 ngc5728 ngc6221 ngc6764 ngc7130 ngc7496 ngc7582 ngc7590 2c. LINERs/mixed types ngc1097 ngc1052 ngc1326 ngc1433 ngc1672 ngc245 ngc3351 ngc4569 ngc4579 ngc4594 ngc5128 ngc7083