Data Inventory of Space-Based Obs, Ver 1.1 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Brotzman L.E.
  2. Hill R.S.
  3. Mead J.M.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The "Data Inventory of Space-Based Celestial Observations Version 1.0" (DISCO) is a directory to data contained in sixteen catalogs dealing with observations from space. (Sounding rocket, solar, and planetary observations have been excluded.) The information extracted from the catalogs includes names of objects observed, 1950 equatorial coordinates, and the name of the catalog or instrument. A second file contains full references to the source catalogs and other pertinent information. The purpose of creating DISCO is (1) to unify astronomical observations from space, which are at present scattered and hard to locate, and then (2) to provide a machine-readable index to these observations, thus enabling easy access by computer. Such a directory will permit an astronomer to find out what objects have been observed from space, which spacecraft and instruments made the observations, and where to go to find the data themselves.

Keywords
  1. astronomical-reference-materials
  2. space-observatories
  3. observational-astronomy
Bibliographic source
ADC Bull. 1, 312 (1987)
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/51
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/51

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=V/51
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=V/51
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=V/51
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/V/51/disco?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/V/51/disco?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/V/51/disco?

History

2004-06-13T14:32:58Z
Resource record created
2004-06-13T14:32:58Z
Created
2012-11-12T15:44:25Z
Updated

Contact

Name
CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
cds-question@unistra.fr