The emission from the discharge was observed with a plane grating spectrograph and recorded by a photomultiplier tube. In total, 192 transition wave numbers belonging to two bands (0-1 and 0-2) were precisely measured and rotationally analyzed. This method allowed us to determine the merged rotational constants B0 = 1.8131941(58) cm鈭? and D0 = 5.5620(46) 脳 10鈭? cm鈭? and the individual molecular constant B1 = 1.471059(47) cm鈭?, D1 = 5.315(64) 脳 10鈭? cm鈭?, B2 = 1.451762(13) cm鈭?, D2 = 7.812(16) 脳 10鈭? cm鈭? for the as yet unanalyzed 13C17O molecule B1危+ and A1螤 states, respectively. The band origins of the 脜ngstr枚m system in the 13C17O molecule were also calculated.
Numerous rotational perturbations observed in the A1螤 state in 13C17O molecule have been identified and analyzed in detail. The suspected candidates responsible for these irregularities were indicated by means of a graph of the rovibronic levels of the neighboring states based on the estimated term value in the 13C17O molecule. The values of these perturbations have also been defined for both the e- and f-parity of the A1螤(v = 1 and 2) state. Simultaneously, the B1危+ state was observed to be quite regular up to the observed Jmax level.