AAVSO International Variable Star Index Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Watson et al.
  2. Published by
    NASA/GSFC HEASARC
Abstract
      This database table contains Galactic stars known or suspected to be variable. It lists all stars that have an entry in the American Association of Variable Star Observers' (AAVSO) International Variable Star Index (VSX; <a href="http://www.aavso.org/vsx">http://www.aavso.org/vsx</a>). It consisted initially of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) and the New Catalogue of Suspected Variables (NSV) and was then supplemented with a large number of variable star catalogues, as well as individual variable star discoveries or variables found in the literature. Effort has also been invested to update the entries with the latest information regarding position, type and period and to remove duplicates. The VSX database is being continually updated and maintained. For historical reasons some objects outside of the Galaxy have been included. This table was created by the HEASARC based on the <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/B/vsx">CDS catalog B/vsx</a>. The CDS updates it regularly, and this HEASARC version is accordingly updated within a week of such updates. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
    
Keywords
  1. Survey Source
Bibliographic source
2015yCat....102027W
See also HTML
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/aavsovsx.html
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://nasa.heasarc/aavsovsx

Access

IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xamin/vo/cone?showoffsets&table=aavsovsx&
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xamin/vo/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
Web browser access HTML
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/W3Browse/w3query.pl?tablehead=name=heasarc_aavsovsx&Action=More+Options&Action=Parameter+Search&ConeAdd=1

History

2025-08-29T00:00:00
Resource record created
2025-08-29

Contact

Name
NASA/GSFC HEASARC help desk
E-Mail
heasarc-vo at athena.gsfc.nasa.gov