C2 molecule is sometimes considered as a crucial component of carriers of some diffuse interstellar bands. Using UV data achieved by spectrometer STIS fed with HST we detected interstellar C2 lines for few reddened target stars. We tried to verify the idea that intensity of C2 lines around 2313 \AA is correlated with some diffuse interstellar bands.
@article{arxiv.0712.1452,
title = {Interstellar C_2 Molecule Detected in UV Spectra of Reddened Stars},
author = {M. Dyrka and B. Wszolek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1452},
year = {2007}
}
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Published in Proceedings of the 14th Young Scientists Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23-28, 2007