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| | SAO TDC Astronomical catalog formats |
 | | Standard ASCII and binary formats have been developed at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Telescope Data Center for astronomical catalogs which are to be plotted (or used as centers) by skymap, or searched (or used as search centers) by star, scat, or rgsc. | | | The byte order in a binary catalog depends on the architecture on which it was written, though the catalog reading software can read either byte order. | | | Binary catalogs, which can be created from the aforementioned ASCII catalogs using starcat, are used to save space and make searches faster by presenting software with data in its internal representation. |
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http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/catalogs/catalogs.html
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| | Jeff Burton's Astronomy Notebook |
| | The Saguaro Astronomy Club Double Star Catalog is a compilation of data from the Washington Double Star (WDS) catalog for all stars with magnitudes in the WDS that included a primary brighter than magnitude 9 and a secondary brighter than magnitude 13. | | | The present XZ80P catalog was created by replacing the positional data in for the 32,221 stars in the XZ80N with HIP, ACT, and PPM data where available. | | | Many of these catalogs have been created by converting ASCII files available from the Astronomical Data Center or other sources. |
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http://www.astrogeek.org/software/cdc/catalogs.html
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| | Astronomical ComputingEdited by Stuart J |
| | Astronomical software simulates the sky, and no simulation is perfect. | | | As comprehensive as the astronomical catalogs used by software are, no database is totally accurate or complete. | | | Amateurs need to keep the vagaries of astronomical catalogs in mind when using software. |
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http://www.bisque.com/thesky/tom/catalogs.htm
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| | Indexing and Searching Distributed Astronomical Data Archives |
| | The local copy of the ``Catalog of Catalogs'' would be used to determine which catalogs to query, and to allow a query at one site to query all the sites. | | | Since the ``Catalog of Catalogs'' has virtually the same fields as an actual catalog, the same indexing and search software could be used for both purposes. | | | The same query interface server script could be used to query a local index search engine, query a remote index search engine, and query another query interface. |
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http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass94/jacksonr2.html
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| | Extrasolar Planets |
| | CM-Draconis, it is worth considering, because of the research program focused on this star and the use of the astronomical technique known as occultation. | | | Thorsett and others suggest either a planet ten astronomical units from the binary system or a star approximately fifty astronomical units from the binary system would reflect the data. | | | New astronomical methodologies and future programs and missions will also be considered. |
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http://www.public.asu.edu/~sciref/exoplnt.htm
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| | AstroMB: Computer Aided Astronomy |
| | Catalogs of pulsars and binary pulsars (Taylor + 1993) | | | With the catalog on CD-ROMs, AstroMB computes the V and I magnitudes from the B and R | | | Each image, catalog and astronomical object may have its own associated files and programs and web sites. |
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http://astromb.free.fr/wb_db.htm
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| | ADC CD-ROM: Selected Astronomical Catalogs, Volume 2 |
| | By using this readme file as input and software from the CDS (anafile), each catalog was checked for the proper data format, units, allowed data ranges, and correct sorting of the data as specified in the readme. | | | Catalog 3179 is available only in FITS format and thus only appears on disk Number 2. | | | A complete listing of the catalogs with references and files can be found in the contents.txt file. |
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http://www.maa.agleia.de/Cat/sac_v_2.html
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| | Jeff Bondono's Astronomy Page |
| | Limiting Magnitude Estimation is used to quantify the transparancy of the sky. | | | Starcast is a Web utility for querying a number of astronomical databases simultaneously. | | | Starcast will then query a number of Web-based astronomical data sites to determine whether they have any data that matches your query. |
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http://members.ozemail.com.au/~swadhwa/amastrolinks.htm
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| | "Pretty Pictures" |
| | Object Catalog entries include calibrated magnitudes in two colors, positions to 0.2 arcseconds, confidence measures on neural network image classifications, colors, and various other useful parameters. | | | The data behind the Object Catalog and Image Database are generated from digitized Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates. | | | A descriptive view of the analemma using computer animations and graphics. |
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http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/www/yp_pictures.html
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| | Interesting astronomical datasets |
| | For similar reasons, it doesn't work very well with the Charon astrometry software, which expects to match star patterns in a catalog to star patterns in a CCD image. | | | The Tycho catalog contains over 1 million stars, that were not so precisely measured in either position or in magnitude; it's complete to magnitude 10.5, with some fainter stars. | | | One way to fix this problem is to improve proper motion accuracy; to do this, the USNO derived proper motions by combining data from the Astrographic Catalog with Tycho positions. |
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http://www.projectpluto.com/datasets.htm
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| | Research Guides by Subject - Insert Subject Here |
| | For example, the following are titles of specific catalogs: "Distances of planetary nebulae," "327 MHz survey of the galactic plane," and "Faint Blue Stars in high Galactic Latitudes." A data center usually provides a friendly interface between the user and the raw data. | | | Sponsored by the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS), they "provide the astronomical community with a dedicated tool for retrieving astronomical data listed in published catalogues and tables." This is the most complete library of published astronomical catalogues and data tables available. | | | "An important resource for astronomy data, catalogs, and journal tables since 1977." They have thousands of published data sets available. |
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http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/risd/guides/astronomy/data.html
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| | Stellar Catalogs |
| | This catalog has the highest positional precision of any existing, publicly available source: the average position is about 90 milliarcseconds per coordinate at epoch of observation. | | | BRNO catalog of eclipsing binary stars The format is explained in the README document. | | | In each catalog, a value of "99.00" for a magnitude or color means "no data". |
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http://www.tass-survey.org/tass/catalogs/catalogs.html
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| | Test SQL Query Page |
| | Except for the Sybase relational database engine which is managing the catalog data tables, this application relies entirely on free software. | | | The CDS in particular has a sophisticated browser interface which permits custom queries. | | | If you have difficulties using these catalogs, try looking at this page, where answers to user questions and problems are summarized. |
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http://www.ucolick.org/~mountain/cata
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| | SEDS Messier Database |
| | It was one of the first major milestones in the history of the discovery of Deep Sky objects, as it was the first more comprehensive and more reliable list: Only four objects were initially missing because of data reduction errors, which could be figured out later though. | | | Also, we have constellation images which show Messier and NGC (New General Catalog) objects down to 12th magnitude. | | | Deep Sky Image Sites : More links to astronomical internet sites with fine images, of Messier and other Deep Sky objects. |
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http://www.seds.org/messier/index.html
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| | Astronomical Leage - Template for new pages |
| | These two volumes are readily available to the amateur astronomer and contained all the positions, magnitudes and other pertinent data used in this manual. | | | Ancient City Astronomy Club (A. C.) members began the difficult process of separating his objects, which used a rather unique classification system with eight sub-categories; each individual object was placed into a particular subcategory. | | | With this idea in mind, the formation of the Herschel Club began. |
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http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/herschel/hers400.html
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| | Astronomer's Bazaar |
| | The query mode by keyword and author's name for catalogues covers both catalogues and journal tables. | | | A set of client/server routines allows to send remote queries concerning the CDS collection of astronomical catalogues. | | | These catalogues and datasets are currently distributed on magnetic tape, diskettes, CD-ROMs, or via network. |
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http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Cats.html
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| | Catalog of Infrared Observations Home Page |
| | You can access all of the Catalog data directly from this Website using option #1 above.) Use this option to download any of the database files to your computer for local processing and analysis. | | | Version 4 of the CIO was created with the help of Mila Airapetian, Velma Greenlee, Leonid Marochnik, and Denise Proctor, of Computer Sciences Corporation. | | | Obviously, this option does not restrict the results to any particular source, but does provide an efficient way to find the source in the Catalog. |
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http://ircatalog.gsfc.nasa.gov
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| | Messier Club Introduction |
| | Thus, the Messier Catalog is a happy hunting ground for any amateur with a taste for deep sky objects. | | | The novice is sure to find some spectacular object pictured and designated by its "Messier Number" with the universal abbreviation "M". | | | The catalog was published in several stages as additions were made to it, the first 45 entries being printed in 1771. |
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http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/messier/mess.html
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| | netastrocatalog - Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog |
| | This menagerie of visible objects in the depths of space are what amateur astronomers call "the Deep Sky". | | | The NGC/IC Project (NGC and IC are catalogs of deep-sky objects) | | | And each type of object may require its own distinct tools and skills to be well observed by us lucky amateurs. |
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http://www.visualdeepsky.org/deepsky.html
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| | Astronomical catalog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Most astronomical catalogues can be queried electronically here | | | Henry Draper Catalog (HD followed by a 6-digit number) | | | New General Catalogue ( NGC 0001 â” NGC 7840, or a 4-digit number on a star map) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_catalog
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| | The Interactive NGC Catalog Online |
| | The NGC/IC Project maintains an online database of various versions of the NGC and IC catalogs and related material, including an interactive observing list generator. | | | Only some minor corrections have been included in our online database. | | | Newer revised versions of the NGC and IC catalogs are available from and steadily worked upon by the NGC/IC Project. |
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http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.html
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| | Prefix Explanations |
| | Special mention goes to 'A Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects' (goes by the acronym MOL). | | | See The NGC / IC Project for more details. | | | Almost all objects have more than one designation (some have scores), because they have been cataloged by multiple characteristics or studies. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~mcgermano/Prefix.html
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| | NASA Astronomical Data Center Home page |
| | or 25 years, the ADC was a key center for published astronomy data, catalogs, and journal tables. | | | The ADC made these data sets computer readable and developed new methods, tools, and techniques for their preparation and use. | | | · Data and Catalog Services ---> CDS (France), |
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http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov
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| | User's Manual - Catalog of Infrared Observations |
| | The user of this Catalog must therefore approach it with the same kind of professional skepticism which would be applied to the original journal articles. | | | The Catalog is as accurate as the published data from which it was constructed. | | | Fortunately, about 95% of the flux observations in the Catalog have units of "magnitudes" or "Janskys," or have commonly used units (B, E, F, I, X). |
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http://ircatalog.gsfc.nasa.gov/cio_intro.html
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| | STAR Astronomical Catalog Search Program |
| | star extracts selected entries of a source catalog, in any of several formats, listing the results and/or saving them to a disk file in any of several formats. | | | The scat program in the WCSTools toolkit provides similar, but less extensive, search capabilities for a larger number of catalogs and is available as C source code. | | | If no options are specified on the command line, allowable options and current parameter values are printed. |
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http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/star.html
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| | Observatorio ARVAL - Astro Links |
| | International Astronomical Union (IAU): Recent Comet magnitudes (ICQ/CBAT/MPC) | | | Expanding Universe (A classified search tool for amateur astronomy) | | | Astro Web Astronomy on the Internet - Astronomically Relevant Internet Resources |
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http://www.oarval.org/AstroLnk.htm
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| | List of Astronomical Catalogue Designations - The IEE |
| | The catalogue information is based on the Second Reference Dictionary of the Nomenclature of Celestial Objects by Lortet et al. | | | This list of astronomical catalogue designations is designed to help in the online search for individual astronomical objects. | | | The ' Systematic designations ' can also be used to construct a designation if one has not already been assigned. |
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http://www.iee.org/publish/support/inspec/document/astron
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| | Astronomical Catalogues |
| | European user can also try the data center at Strassburg. | | | Only the catalogs in the pure text format have been loaded onto this server. | | | These catalogs were prepared by the Astronomical Data Center (ADC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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http://www.maa.agleia.de/Cat
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| | Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deepsky Atlas |
| | Finally, there is the Digital Sky Survey, a huge project entering its second generation. | | | Their cross-referenced Messier catalog (maintained by Hartmut Frommert) has become the Internet standard. | | | The Hawaiian Astronomical Society Storybook and Deepsky Atlas is a long term effort to provide a good online atlas of the heavens, combined with photographs of significant objects, and their descriptions. |
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http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky
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| | N.A.A. Astronomical Library Online Catalog |
| | Search for keywords in titles, authors, subject listings, summaries, or the entire database | | | Help is available HERE or via the button at the top of the catalog window. | | | Your browser must be Java equipped to use the catalog. |
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http://www.stargazing.net/naa/library
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| | When you click on this option, Guide will show all of the currently available user added datasets (as well as a few that are supplied with the program). | | | Over 2,200 additional variables (those found after the GCVS's creation in 1982) were provided from an AAVSO list. | | | General Catalog of Variable Stars GCVS Most of the data on variable stars in Guide comes from the General Catalog of Variable Stars, or GCVS, a list of data for over 28,000 variables. |
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http://www.projectpluto.com/gloss/help_8.htm
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| | Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| | Your purchases help support the education programs of the ASP. | | | Night Sky Network coordinator, Marni Berendsen, publishes her research for the Astronomical Education Review on the | | | Former Executive Director, Andrew Fraknoi, receives 2005 Innovation of the Year Award by the League for Innovation in the Community College. |
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http://www.astrosociety.org/index.html
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| | SAI Supernova catalog |
| | This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | | | The current version of SAI Supernova Catalogue presents data on 3083 extragalactic supernovae discovered since 1885 until March 12, 2005 and on their parent galaxies. | | | We acknowledge the work of astronomers supporting the LEDA database, the Asiago Supernova Catalogue and CfA List of Supernovae. |
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http://www.sai.msu.su/sn/sncat
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| | Astronomical Calendar 2000 by Guy Ottewell |
| | There is a lot of information packed into this book, and even beginners will soon find that they will depend on this information themselves as they use this book to explore the night sky. | | | The Astronomical Companion is also available, and makes a fine resource for all amateur astronomers. | | | Each map represents the whole of the sky that you can see, at the convenient time for viewing in the evening. |
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http://www.astromax.com/go-calendar.htm
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| | Welcome to Astronomy Online™ - the Complete Astronomy Resource |
| | The goal of this website is to provide valuable resources for amateur astronomers, students of Astronomy, and anyone else interested in the subject. | | | If you would like to have a link to Astronomy Online™ for your website - click here for the code | | | More details can be found from BBC News and Spaceflight Now. |
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http://astronomyonline.org
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| | LAMBDA - IRAS Overview |
| | A catalog of small (< 8') extended sources gives the characteristics of some 20,000 objects down to flux density levels about a factor of three brighter than the point source detection limits. | | | The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) mission was a collaborative effort by the United States (NASA), the Netherlands (NIVR), and the United Kingdom (SERC). | | | An atlas of images covering the entire sky gives the absolute surface brightness at each of the four survey wavelengths. |
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http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/iras
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| | Anglo-Australian Observatory Astronomical Images |
| | This has allowed us to create new, high resolution versions of many existing images and some new pictures that could not be made photographically. | | | This page is the gateway to a unique collection of wide-field astronomical photographs, mostly made with the telescopes of the Anglo-Australian Observatory by |
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http://www.aao.gov.au/images
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| | The Galaxy Catalog - Zsolt Frei |
| | This Galaxy Catalog is a collection of digital images of 113 nearby galaxies. | | | Images taken in several passbands and a color-composite image are included for each galaxy. | | | This page was last updated on June 16, 1999. |
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http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~frei/galaxy_catalog.html
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| | Introduction to the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) |
| | IRAS increased the number of cataloged astronomical sources by about 70%, detecting about 350,000 infrared sources. | | | For more detail about the design and performance of IRAS refer to the IRAS Catalogs and Atlases: Explanatory Supplement (1988, ed. | | | IRAS discoveries included a disk of dust grains around the star Vega, six new comets, and very strong infrared emission from interacting galaxies as well as wisps of warm dust called infrared cirrus which could be found in almost every direction of space. |
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http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/IRASdocs/iras.html
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| | Richmond Astronomical Society Library Catalog |
| | Astronomical Obs of Yale Vol 22 Part 1-2 | | | This list shows the current holdings of the Richmond Astronomical Society Library, for use by members of the RAS. | | | Here is a comma-separated file containing this catalog: RASBOOKS.csv |
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http://www.richastro.org/rasbooks.htm
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| | NASA's ADC Science Data |
| | S ome of the ways to find and get computer-ready astronomical catalogs and journal data tables available from the ADC include: | | | Scientific User's Guide - address specific scientific requirements or search for specific types of data | | | Data on CD-ROMs - data sets available on the "Selected Astronomical Catalogs" discs |
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http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/sciencedata.html
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| | radio source catalog concept from the Astronomy knowledge base |
| | radio source catalog concept from the Astronomy knowledge base | | | Cambridge catalog (2 facts) - The results of five intensive radio-astronomical surveys (1C, 2C, 3C, 4C and 5C) under the direction of Sir Martin Ryle and Anthony Hewish, during the l950s, 1960s and 1970s, at Cambridge. | | | abstraction > data collection > astronomical catalog > radio source catalog |
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http://www.site.uottawa.ca:4321/astronomy/radiosourcecatalog.html
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| | The Deepsky --- The next Generation of Astronomie |
| | But first at the end of november they could foretell it exactly. | | | Astronomers calculate a very nice star rain from the leo constellation this year, because they supposes that the Earth moves through two big accumulations of fragments of the tempel-tuttle comet. | | | Besides it will have an orbit of 300 kilometers about the South Pole and 3000 kilometers about the North Pole. |
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http://www.the-deepsky.de/index_en.php
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| | star catalog Comparison Table |
| | abstraction > data collection > astronomical catalog > star catalog | | | Next astronomical catalog : catalog about star systems Up : astronomical catalog Previous astronomical catalog : radio source catalog |
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http://www.site.uottawa.ca:4321/astronomy/starcatalog_table.html
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| | Orion Telescopes and Binoculars |
| | Check out all of our hot new products. | | | Request our colorful catalog, filled with hundreds of quality telescopes, binoculars, and accessories. |
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http://www.telescope.com
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| | VizieR Service |
| | Select from Wavelength, Mission, and controlled Astronomical keywords: |
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http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/VizieR
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