GALEX Spectroscopy Gallery

This is a semi-random collection of GALEX spectra from our SIRTF (now Spitzer, of course) First Look field observations, selected to illustrate the quality of the spectra as function of FUV and NUV signal-to-noise ratios. The exposure time is 62137 seconds but the weighted exposure times, which account for the spatially varying sensitivity of the detectors and masking of neighboring objects, are as short as 38000 seconds. The two tables list the spectra in descending order of FUV and NUV signal-to-noise ratios.