High resolution spectral atlas of telluric lines

Before reaching our telescopes, stellar radiation passes through Earth's atmosphere. This interaction causes the formation of a number of telluric lines in registered stellar spectra. In this paper an atlas of atmospheric lines is reported. Observations have been carried out at the 91 cm cassegrain telescope of the M. G. Fracastoro observing station of the Catania Astrophysical Observatory equipped with a Czerney-Turner echelle spectrograph. The spectral region examined is between 6800 Å and 7800 Å. The possibility of using this atlas either to recognize telluric lines or as a wavelength calibration source is also discussed.