A SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC CATALOG OF HII GALAXIES

We present a spectrophotometric catalogue of 425 emission line galaxies discovered in objective prism surveys for which we derived redshifts, emission line intensities, equivalent widths, and absolute fluxes. The vast majority of objects in the catalogue are HII region-like galaxies (HII galaxies). In more than 80 HII galaxies the line [OIII]-lambda-4363 was measured with accuracy good enough to permit precise electron temperature determinations. The observational parameters that define the properties of HII galaxies as a class are characterized and discussed.