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We report laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy of iron monocarbide $(Fe12C,Fe13C)$. To our knowledge, this is the first report of gas phase data on this 3d transition metal monocarbide. FeC was generated in a laser vaporization molecular beam source[1]. Vibronic bands have been recorded for $\nu \prime =0.4$ from $V\prime \prime =0$, in the region from 430 to 500nm. The R-head of the $Fe12C0-0$ band lies near 493.1nm. Rotational analyses have been performed which indicate that the electronic transition is $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">3</mrow>}\Delta i\leftarrow 3\Delta i$. No theoretical studies of FeC spectra have been published, however, according to ab initio calculations for the isovalent RuC[2], the ground state of FeC should be a $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">3</mrow>}\Delta 1$ state arising from a $1\delta 39\sigma 1$ electronic configurations Strong perturbations of the upper state have been observed for several bands.