FE-I LINE SHIFTS IN THE OPTICAL-SPECTRUM OF THE SUN

New improvements in the measurement of both the optical solar spectrum and laboratory wavelengths for lines of neutral iron are combined to extract central wavelength shifts for 1446 lines observed in the Sun. This provides the largest available database of accurate solar wavelen gths useful as a reference for comparison with other solar-type stars. It is shown how the velocity shifts correlate with line strength, app roaching a constant value, close to zero, for lines with equivalent wi dths larger than 200 m Angstrom.