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Astronomical Data Management
Ray Norris, Heinz Andernach, Guenther Eichhorn +6
We present a summary of the major contributions to the Special Session on Data Management held at the IAU General Assembly in Prague in 2006. While recent years have seen enormous…
Luminous AGB stars in nearby galaxies. A study using Virtual Observatory tools
P. Tsalmantza, E. Kontizas, L. Cambresy +3
Aims. This study focuses on very luminous Mbol<-6.0 mag AGB stars with J-Ks>1.5 mag and H-Ks>0.4 mag in the LMC, SMC, M31, and M33 from 2MASS data. Methods.The data were taken from…
A method for determining radio continuum spectra, and its application to large surveys
B. Vollmer, E. Davoust, P. Dubois +3
A new tool to extract cross-identifications and radio continuum spectra from radio catalogues contained in the VIZIER database of the CDS is presented. The code can handle radio su…
On the usefulness of finding charts Or the runaway carbon stars of the Blanco & McCarthy field 37
C. Loup, N. Delmotte, D. Egret +2
We have been recently faced with the problem of cross--identifying stars recorded in historical catalogues with those extracted from recent fully digitized surveys (such as DENIS a…
Interoperability tools for the Virtual Observatory
Daniel Egret, Francoise Genova
Interoperability is one of the key issues in the current efforts to build the Virtual Observatory. We present here some of the tools which already contribute to the efficient excha…
The SIMBAD astronomical database
Marc Wenger, Francois Ochsenbein, Daniel Egret +8
Simbad is the reference database for identification and bibliography of astronomical objects. It contains identifications, `basic data', bibliography, and selected observational me…
The ALADIN Interactive Sky Atlas
Francois Bonnarel, Pierre Fernique, Olivier Bienayme +6
The Aladin interactive sky atlas, developed at CDS, is a service providing simultaneous access to digitized images of the sky, astronomical catalogues, and databases. The driving m…
The CDS information hub
Francoise Genova, Daniel Egret, Olivier Bienayme +8
The Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) provides homogeneous access to heterogeneous information of various origins: information about astronomical objects in Simba…