Data and Archive Centers

1st High Energy Astrophysics Observatory ( HEAO 1. GSFC. NASA )
The first of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 1 was launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket on 12 August 1977 and operated until 9 January 1979. During that time, it scanned the X-ray sky almost three times over 0.2 keV - 10 MeV, provided nearly constant monitoring of X-ray sources near the ecliptic poles, as well as more detailed studies of a number of objects through pointed observations.
2nd High Energy Astrophysics Observatory ( HEAO 2, renamed Einstein. GSFC. NASA )
The second High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO-B) was launched into an approximate 100-min low Earth orbit on 13 November 1978. Renamed the Einstein Observatory, it operated (with one significant interruption) until April 1981 and made over 5,000 targeted observations.
ADS Einstein Archive Service ( Einstein )
This service provides query and retrieval capability for the Einstein X-ray Observatory's processed data archive. The archive includes about 5000 X-ray observations (in astronomical standard FITS format) taken between 1978 and 1981.
American Institute of Physics ( AIP )
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.
ASCA Data Facility
The ASCA Data Facility, part of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Astrophysics Data Facility , is responsible for processing low level ASCA data into standard formatted products, distributing ASCA data to American and European Primary (PI) and Guest (GI) investigators, and populating the final ASCA public data archive.
Association for Computing Machinery ( ACM )
Many ACM information services are available on the Internet and may be accessed through this document. Included in these services is current information on the following activities: Awards, Conferences, Education, Local Activities, Network Services, Publications, and Special Interest Groups. Other ACM Information services are: Announcements from around the association, and New Product Announcements. In addition, information is available from the following affiliate organizations: Federation on Computing in the United States and IFIP, and Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals.
Astro Space Center ( ASC )
The Astro Space Center as a branch of Lebedev Institute of Physics has a number of commitments for space experiments in the areas of upper atmospheric, solar, and astronomical research aboard Radioastron , Kvant and other space projects. Division scientists are involved in major research thrusts that include interferometric observations, studies of the solar atmosphere by using spectrographic techniques, and studies of astronomical ranging from the ultraviolet through cosmic rays. The division maintains facilities to design, construct, assemble, and calibrate space experiments.
Astronomical Data Analysis Center ( NAOJ/ADAC )
Astronomical Data Analysis Center (ADAC) of National Astronomical Observatory, Japan (NAOJ) provides all the catalogues in its collection on-line, including the mirror copy of the CDS on-line catalogues and journal tables. Both anonymous ftp and WWW interfaces are available.
Astronomical Data Center FTP Archive
CATALOGS: astrometric, positional, spectroscopic, photometric data. Cross-identifications, combined and derived data, non-stellar and extended objects, galactic, extra-galactic data, and miscellaneous data. FITS Table Browser software. E-mail directory. American node of Astronomical Data Centers.
Astronomical Data Center ( ADC )
The Astronomical Data Center (ADC), at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, is a cooperative effort between the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)/ World Data Center A for Rockets and Satellites (WDC-A-R&S) and its parent organization, the Space Science Data Operations Office . Currently, the ADC archives hold more than 670 catalogs of astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy, radio, and other miscellaneous data for stellar and nonstellar objects. The data were acquired through exchanges with the Centre de Donn'ees Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) , other astronomical data centers throughout the world, and by direct contributions from the international astronomical community.
Astrophysics Data Facility ( ADF )
The Astrophysics Data Facility (ADF), located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), is responsible for designing, developing, and operating data systems that support the processing, management, archiving and distribution of NASA mission data. The ADF serves three broadly-defined astrophysics disciplines: high-energy astrophysics, UV/optical astrophysics, and infrared/submillimeter/radio astrophysics. The ADF collaborates with the GSFC Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA) and the Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics (LASP) in managing data for specific missions. The ADF staff also support the astrophysics community's access to multi-mission and multi-spectral data archives in the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC).
Atomic Data for Astrophysics
This service provides links to archives of atomic data for astrophysics at the University of Kentucky and other sites accessible through the WWW. The ADfA page is regularly updated.
Australian National University Astrophysical Theory Centre ( ANUATC )
AXAF [Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility] Science Center ( ASC )
The ASC is located at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The purpose of the ASC is to provide the support required by the science community to realize fully the potential of the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF).
Backgrounds Data Center ( BDC )
The Backgrounds Data Center (BDC) is part of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). The BDC was established to assist the ballistic and theater missile defense community with its requirements for information to evaluate the Strategic Defense System feasibility, development, and implementation. The BDC is located at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., and is part of the Space Science Division. Specifically, the BDC archives, catalogs, and distributes BMDO experiment program data relating to Earth, atmospheric, and celestial background scenes. Emphasis is placed on the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared regions of the spectrum.
Canada France Hawaii Telescope - Archive & Schedules (at DAO) ( CFHT )
(archive, CCDs, proposal template, manuals) - All the CFHT data are now being archived since September 18, 1992 and the proprietary period is 2 years. After that time, they become public and are available world wide.
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre ( CADC )
The CADC was established in 1986 as one of three world-wide distribution centres for data from the Hubble Space Telescope and is part of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, B.C. The CADC mandate has recently expanded and we are now archiving data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope located on the Big Island of Hawaii. CADC has hosted ADASS'93 (Oct 13-15, 1993).
Cassini Mission to Saturn
Saturn and Titan will be the destination for the Cassini mission, a project under joint development by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The U.S. portion of the mission is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
CDS Service for Astronomical Catalogues ( Astronomer's Bazaar )
This on-line service, provided by the CDS, Strasbourg, gives access to more than 1500 astronomical data catalogues and tables. The VizieR catalog browser provides additional search functionalities for a large fraction of these catalogues.
CEA abstracts and publications
WAIS index to the publications and abstracts of papers issued by the Center for EUV Astrophysics (CEA), Berkeley, CA.
CEA Guest Investigator Program
In order to promote research using data from NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) satellite, the Center for EUV Astrophysics (CEA) is offering a Guest Investigator Science Program. The purpose of the program is to be an educational service which provides information and training in the use of public EUVE data.
CEA WWW pages
WAIS index to the WWW pages of the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Astrophysics (CEA), Berkeley, CA.
Center for Advanced Space Studies ( CASS )
The Center for Advanced Space Studies is a major research and conference facility built by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in 1991 in Houston, Texas. Since the completion of the CASS facility in December 1991, it has housed the four Houston activities of USRA: Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Exploration Science Institute (ESI), Division of Space Life Sciences (DSLS), Division of Educational Programs (DEP).
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies ( CEPS / RPIF )
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies and its Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF) located at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution are pleased to announce the availability of its WWW server. The purpose of this NASA supported RPIF is to act as a reference library providing planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data from planetary missions. Currently we are in the process of placing some of the 300,000 photographs and images of the planets and their satellites in our collection online.
Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics ( CEA /EUVE )
The EUVE Guest Observer Center provides information, software, and data to EUVE Guest Observers. The EUVE Public Archive is creating a set of CD-ROMs of EUVE observations. There is also an AnonFTP server which contains the publicly available documents from the EUVE GO Center, the IRAF/EUV software, and the publicly available archive data from EUVE. - README
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT )
The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, under the auspices of Commission 6 of the International Astronomical Union and under the direction of Dr. Brian G. Marsden. The CBAT is responsible for the dissemination of information on transient astronomical events, via the IAU Circulars (IAUCs), a series of postcard-sized announcements issued at irregular intervals. The IAUCs are also available in electronic form.
Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS AnonFTP site)
Documents & Files related to Astronomical Catalogues and Publications; Astrometric catalogues; Photometric catalogues; Spectroscopic catalogues; Cross-Identifications; Combined catalogues; Miscellaneous Catalogues; Non-stellar Objects; Radio catalogues. Tables published in Astron. Astrophys; Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.; Astron. J.; Astrophys. J.; Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser.; IAU Symposium; Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. - Observations of Variable Stars by the " Association Francaise d'Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables" ; How to access and use The Opacity Project dataBASE, providing extensive atomic data. A WWW version of the same services is available.
Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg [English] ( CDS )
The CDS is a data center dedicated to the collection and worldwide distribution of astronomical data. It is located at the Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France. The CDS hosts the SIMBAD astronomical database, the world reference database for the identification of astronomical objects. This service gives access to documents and files related to the SIMBAD astronomical database (see Hypertext version of the SIMBAD User's Guide ), an Abstract service (recent papers from A&A, PASP, etc.), the AstroWeb pages and the Star*s Family of directories, the TOPBase of the Opacity project, etc. It also includes the famous Astronomer's Bazaar , a unique feature allowing to select astronomical catalogues by keyword or author's name, among the library of more than 850 catalogues currently available (for a total of about 5 Gigabytes of observational data), and to actually retrieve the corresponding files.
Compton Observatory Science Support Center ( COSSC. GSFC. NASA )
The COSSC data archive contains information and data related to the following experiments
Compton/GRO Observatory Science Support Center/Guest Observer ( Facility )
Query the Library Database; Archive Data Selector; Archive Data Selector Demonstrator; Trouble Report Generator; Access the GRONEWS Bulletin Board
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Data Archive ( DMSP )
DMSP is a two satellite constellation of near-polar orbiting, sun-synchronous satellites monitoring meteorological, oceanographic and solar-terrestrial physics environments. NGDC maintains an archive of all data recorded on DMSP satellites as relayed to NGDC by Air Force Global Weather Central. Data from March 1992 to March 1994, are considered to be experimental. After March 1994, the system should be fully operational.
DIRA2-WWW
Dira2-WWW provides access to the Astronet DIRA2 database that holds more than 270 astronomical catalogues. The user can select catalogue data an receive output in text or FITS-table format. The Dira2 sofware, that can be used to manage personal database and display data, is available for more platforms. A telnet session (user & password = dira2) provides access to full dira2 functionality including the mixed use of public and private data. The server is located in Italy at CNR Istituto di Radioastronomia.
Einstein Data Archive ( SAO, Cambridge, MA )
The Einstein Observatory was a satellite based imaging X-ray telescope in operation from November 1978 to April 1981. The focal plane detectors included two Imaging Proportional Counters (IPC), three High Resolution Imagers, an Objective Grating Spectrometer (OGS), a Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer (FPCS) and a Solid State Spectrometer (SSS). The most commonly used instrument was the IPC, which made nearly 4000 observations of astronomical sources. This page gives information about the Einstein data archive, and about access to Einstein Data.
Einstein On-Line Service - Einline
Contains an extensive set of Radio Astronomy catalogs.
ESO / ST-ECF Data Archive
European Southern Observatory / Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
European Space Operations Centre ( ESA/ESOC )
ESOC is the satellite control centre of the European Space Agency (ESA). It is responsible for the operations of all satellites and related ground stations and communications network.
European X-ray Observatory Satellite Data Center ( EXOSAT at ESTEC. ESA )
Payload description
European X-ray Observatory ( EXOSAT at GSFC. NASA )
The European Space Agency's X-ray Observatory, EXOSAT, was operational from May 1983 to April 1986. During that time, EXOSAT made 1780 observations of a wide variety of objects, including active galactic nuclei, stellar coronae, cataclysmic variables, white dwarfs, X-ray binaries, clusters of galaxies, and supernova remnants.
EXOSAT database, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands ( telnet )
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center ( HEASARC )
The purpose of the HEASARC is to support a multi-mission archive facility in high energy astrophysics for scientists all over the world. Data from space-borne instruments on spacecraft, such as ROSAT, ASCA (formerly Astro-D), GRO (Compton), BBXRT, HEAO 1, HEAO 2 (Einstein), EXOSAT, and XTE are provided, along with a knowledgeable science-user support staff and tools to analyze mutliple datasets. The HEASARC activity is a joint effort between the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA)and the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). (there is also a Gopher )
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center ( HEASARC )
The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center, HEASARC, was created by NASA in 1990 as a site for X-ray and Gamma-ray archive research. The motivation for the HEASARC is to provide a multi-mission archive for the high energy data from ROSAT, GRO,BBXRT, ASCA, and XTE missions, that coexists with the archivial data from past missions such as Einstein, HEAO 1, HEAO 3, OSO 8, SAS 2 and 3, Uhuru, and Vela5B. Data from non-US missions, eg, EXOSAT and Ginga, also is provided as international agreements allow. The total data volume will be of the order of 1 Terabyte by 1995. These data are available on-line for immediate access. For on-line access, telnet to xray@legacy.gsfc.nasa.govand log in as XRAY. The HEASARC is located at the Goddard Space Flight Center and is a collaboration between Goddard's Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, LHEA, and the NSSDC. The LHEA is responsible for the science content of the archive, the NSSDC is responsible for the data archive managment. The HEASARC data holding will consist of data from past, current, and future missions.
HST Science Data Archive, ST-ECF, Garching, Germany
ST-ECF STARCAT (telnet access)
HST Science Data Archive ( STScI, Baltimore, MD )
(telnet, password='archive')
Information and On-line Data in Astronomy
This is the on-line complement of the book "Information & On-line Data in Astronomy", Daniel Egret & Miguel A. Albrecht (Editors), published by Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Sept. 1995). It includes summary descriptions of the databases, archives, and information systems presented in the printed version, together with the complete access pointers (kept up-to-date) and, when available, ready-to-use hyperlinks to the original data systems.
Infrared Processing & Analysis Center ( IPAC )
The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) exists to carry out large, data-intensive processing tasks of critical importance to NASA's infrared astronomy program, and to provide scientific expertise on those projects to the astronomical community. IPAC is operated by the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory under contract to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
INTEGRAL SCIENCE DATA CENTRE
The INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is a medium size mission of the European Space Agency dedicated to gamma-ray astronomy. The INTEGRAL Science Data Center (ISDC) located in Geneva is the link between the astronomical community at large and the INTEGRAL spacecraft.
International Space Science Institute
ISSI is an Institute in Switzerland at which scientists from different countries can work together. Its main task is to contribute to the achievement of a deeper understanding of the results from space-research missions, adding value to those results through multi-disciplinary research in an atmosphere of international cooperation.
International Ultraviolet Explorer ( IUE )
The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite was launched on the 26th of January 1978 by a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy and transferred into a geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic Ocean. Information on the project is available at:
IPAC IRSKY observation planning tool
IRSKY is an observation planning tool, which allows display of IRAS images, overlay of catalogs on the images, and information on the ISO satellite, all useful in planning ISO observations.
IPAC XCATSCAN Catalog Scanning Tool
This can run an X session on your local machine.
IRAS Data Products
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite surveyed almost the entire sky in four infrared bands and obtained deeper maps and low-resolution spectra of thousands of infrared sources. All of the IRAS data products released by IPAC, including catalogs and images, are accessible through this interface, provided by the Astrophysics Data Facility at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The interface also includes links to many related Astronomical Data Center catalogs.
IUE Data Analysis Center ( IUEDAC )
The International Ultraviolet Explorer Regional Data Analysis Facilities (RDAF) were established in 1982 to assist users in the interpretation and analysis of IUE data. Programs written using the Interactive Data Language (IDL) have allowed users to reduce and analyze IUE spectral data, display images, perform various database searches and convert IUE data sets into various formats such as FITS, ASCII text, etc. In 1993, the Colorado RDAF was closed, and the RDAF at GSFC was renamed the IUE Data Analysis Center (IUEDAC).
IUE VILSPA archive, Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station, ( Madrid, Spain )
Password is 'db'.
JCMT/UK_ESO_Schmidt/AAT Archive Queries ( telnet through Internet-SPAN gateway )
Login at first prompt with '19889::'
then at second prompt with 'arcquery' for JCMT,
or 'ukscat' for UK + ESO Schmidt, AAT Plate Catalogs.
Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
This page is a resource for Antarctic astronomy, providing information of interest to anyone considering the Antarctic plateau as the site for a future major international observatory. It contains papers, images, details of meetings and lists of people involved with Antarctic astrononomy.
La Palma Data Archive
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics ( LHEA )
The Laboratory was reorganized in October 1995 into two science and two technical support branches. The science branches are the "X-ray Astrophysics Branch" and the "Gamma Ray and Cosmic Ray Astrophysics Branch". The latter contains several subgroups including low and high energy cosmic rays, low and high energy gamma-rays, and a theoretical group. In addition to the four branches there is an "Office for Guest Investigator Programs" with overall responsibility for the utilization by the astrophysics community of several high energy astrophysics observatories that the laboratory administers ( ROSAT, ASCA, CGRO and XTE).
Leicester Database and Archive Service ( LEDAS )
LEDAS provides an on-line astronomical database service, access to archive data from high-energy astrophysics satellite missions, such as EXOSAT, Ginga and ROSAT, and scientific support for guest observers.
Limber Observatory
Limber Observatory is a private observatory and residence in the Texas Hill Country near San Antonio, specializing in optical polarimetry of early emission line stars.
Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic DAtabase (LEDA) ( telnet )
Created in 1983, LEDA is the oldest Extragalactic Database. It gives more than 60 of the most important parameters for about 100.000 galaxies. It provides charts and images through an X11 interface. In addition, a batch mode is available and also a very powerful SQL-like query language.
Magellan Mission to Venus - Online Resources ( PDS Imaging Node. JPL. NASA )
The Magellan spacecraft was launched on May 4, 1989, arrived at Venus on August 10, 1990 and was inserted into a near-polar elliptical orbit with a periapsis altitude of 294 km at 9.5 deg. N. Radio contact with the spacecraft was lost on October 12, 1994. The service provides a comprehensive description of the mission, including images and catalogue
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
The institute is one of 68 Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany and is specialized on astronomical research at optical and infrared wavelengths. Its main research facility is the Calar Alto observatory in Spain
McMaster Cepheid Photometry and Radial Velocity Archive
This site contains ASCII data tables of photometry and radial velocities for Galactic and Extragalactic Cepheids (both Classical and Type II). Data is presented as published and full citations to the original work are given. Currently, data are sorted according to star name.
MediaTheque
The Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) is collecting modern media offering material related to astronomy and space sciences.
Midcourse Space Experiment ( MSX )
BMDO's Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX)- The MSX observatory is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization project which offers major benefits for both the defense and civilian sectors. With a solid heritage in the successful Delta series, MSX represents the first system demonstration of technology in space to identify and track ballistic missiles during their midcourse flight phase. The spacecraft features an advanced multispectral image capability to gather data on test targets and space background phenomena. MSX will aid future spacecraft design by monitoring on-orbit contamination of optical instruments. In addition, its investigation of the composition and dynamics of Earth's atmosphere promises increased understanding of the environment. The MSX homepage describes the mission, the spacecraft and instruments, and the associated science teams. News and points-of-contact information is also available.
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center is a service of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union and operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under the direction of Dr. Brian Marsden. The Minor Planet Center is responible for the collection and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets.
NASA ADC Online Information System
NASA Data Archive Distribution Service ( NDADS )
The GSFC Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO), though its various branches (the Astrophysics Data Facility, the Space Physics Data Facility, and the National Space Science Data Center) offers access to a wide selection of Space Science Data which are contained in the NASA Data Archive and Distribution Service (NDADS). Currently, the NDADS near-line archive contains about 1.5 Terrabytes of Astrophysics, Space Physics and Solar Physics Data from 32 individual 'projects'.
NASA Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics ( LHEA, at GSFC )
NASA National Space Science Data Center ( NSSDC )
The primary responsibility of the NSSDC is to further the use of NASA spaceflight mission data. The NSSDC also provides data from some ground-based and non-NASA sources which are considered to be important adjuncts to the NASA space-based data. The Data Center maintains and distributes documentation, indexes and catalogs about the data in its archives, and similar information about important space mission datasets maintained by other institutions.
NASA Online Data Information System ( NODIS, at ADC/NSSDC )
Astronomical Data Center/National Space Science Data Center,
GSFC, Greenbelt, MD (telnet)
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Informational, educational, dynamic and interactive.
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database ( NED, CalTech )
The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) is built around a master list of extragalactic objects for which cross-identifications of names have been established, accurate positions and redshifts entered to the extent possible, and some basic data collected. Bibliographic references relevant to individual objects have been compiled, and abstracts of extragalactic interest are kept on line.
NED is currently accessible in three different modes: interactive mode, batch mode, and server mode.
National Astronomical Observatory of JAPAN - Astronomical Data Analysis Center ( NAOJ-ADAC )
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Database
NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library ( NCSA ADIL )
The purpose of the NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library is to collect fully processed astronomical images in FITS format format and make them available to the research community and the general public via the World Wide Web. The collection will contain images from research observatories all over the world and taken at all wavebands.
NODIS
North Carolina State University - Mars Mission Research Center
Co-located at North Carolina State University in Raleigh (NCSU) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro (A&T), the Mars Mission Research Center (M2RC) is one of eight University Space Engineering Centers established by NASA in 1988. The goal of the Center is to focus on research and educational technologies necessary for planetary exploration, especially transportation to and from Mars.
NSSDC Astronomy and Astrophysics Home Page
NSSDC's Astronomy and Astrophysics Home Page offers information about online data and services, including access to a WAIS-searchable index of more than 700 astronomical catalogs; high-level project descriptions for such projects as ASCA, ROSAT, EUVE, HST, and COBE; and links to many other popular astronomy and astrophysics resources.
OAO-3 (Copernicus) Archive
The third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory was launched by NASA from Cape Kennedy by an Atlas-Centaur Rocket on August 21, 1972. The satellite, named Copernicus, was designed to seek answers to some of the fundamental questions concerning stars and interstellar matter. The principal viewing device was a 32-inch (0.8m) diameter reflecting telescope and ultraviolet spectrometer system. The instrument was designed, built, and operated by the Princeton University Observatory, with Professor Lyman Spitzer, Jr. as Principal investigator. Copernicus was operated until February 1981
Observatoire de Paris ( Meudon )
Paris Observatory This is the official server at Paris Observatory. You will find information about the activities of the Observatory, on departments, on its history, etc.
PDS Planetary Rings Node
The Planetary Rings Node is responsible for restoring, archiving and publishing datasets describing planetary ring systems. This includes all the relevant datasets aquired from previous and future spacecraft, as well as from Earth-based observatories. In order to support research with these datasets, the node also provides expert assistance, catalog information to help scientists pinpoint the most relevant data, and a suite of software tools to simplify data manipulation.
Ritter Astrophysical Research Center
The Ritter Astrophysical Research Center is associated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Toledo. The Center includes faculty and graduate students working in the fields of stellar, interstellar, planetary, and extragalactic astrophysics. The Center's facilities include a 1m reflector equipped with two fiber-fed spectragraphs, one a low/medium resolution and one a high resolution echelle spectragraph and time on the departmental accelerator for investigation of astrophysically interesting atomic parameters.
ROSAT Public Data Archive
Data archive of the X-ray satellite ROSAT
SAO Telescope Data Center
The SAO Telescope Data Center creates and maintains software to process and archive data from optical telescopes at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts and the Whipple Observatory and Multiple Mirror Telescope on Mt. Hopkins in Arizona
The following resources are similar (same sort-key, different text):
SAO Telescope Data Center ( RVSAO, RGSC, SKYMAP Software )
Includes software packages: RVSAO, an IRAF package for finding radial velocities from spectra; RGSC a program for searching the Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog; SKYMAP a program for mapping star catalogs onto the sky; STAR a program for searching star catalogs
Satellites with High Energy Astrophysics Instrumentation ( HEASARC. GSFC. NASA )
Comprehensive list of satellites with high energy astrophysics instrumentation. Includes images from these missions
Science Archive Facility
You can search the following ESO Databases: NTT EMMI/SUSI Science Archive Observation Programme Schedule Seeing monitor data for La Silla Extinction coefficients for La Silla Spectral Plates Preprints Publications of the ESO User's Community You can search the following Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Databases: HST Science Exposures HST Abstracts & Proposals HST Abstracts - full text search. HST Publications FOS/GHRS observations by target class Other Services at the ESO/ST-ECF Archive: Astronomical Catalogues The Digitized Sky Survey The HST Guide Star Catalogue The ESO Sky Calendar tool. A review of today's data archive technology.
SISSA
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
Astrophysics Data System; AXAF Science Center; Data analysis for the Einstein Observatory; Jonathan McDowell's quasar energy distribution database and software library; PROS 2.2 software - README
Solar Data Analysis Center ( SDAC )
The SDAC at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center serves current solar ground- and spaced-based imagery, text, figures, maps, and tables of NASA eclipse bulletins, solar flare data from the Compton GRO BATSE experiment and the Yohkoh spacecraft, and science operations planning information for the SOHO Science Working Team.... and more to come.
Solar Information Center
The Solar Information Center provides access to the following services: SolarData: a community-based catalogue and online data service for Solar Physics research archives; SolarMail: an electronic mail service and personal information database for Solar Physics; Meetings: conferences, symposia, etc. on Solar Physics and related fields of interest; Positions: available in Solar Physics and closely related fields; SolarNews archive: an electronic newsletter for the solar community; Bulletin Board: a community bulletin board for temporary postings of timely information
Solar UV Atlas from HRTS ( HRTS data )
Through the generosity of Dr. Pål Brekke of the University of Oslo, the High Resolution Spectrograph and Telescope (HRTS) ultraviolet solar atlas is now available on the Web. Click here for more information.
Solar-Terrestrial Physics Home Page ( STP )
Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of the National Geophysical Data Center home page. Includes several various STP disciplines within the Center: geomagentism, Iononosphere, Solar and Upper Atmosphere, and two satellte programs: GOES and DMSP.
Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility ( ST-ECF )
The ST-ECF was established in 1984 jointly by the European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory and is located at the ESO headquarters at Garching near Munich. The ST-ECF supports the European astromical community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The ST-ECF provides detailed technical information about the HST and its science instruments, supports European astronomers in the preparation of HST observing proposals, coordinates the development of computer software tuned to the specific data analysis needs of HST users, operates and maintains an archive of all the scientific data collected by HST, and acts as a European centre for associated meetings and workshops. In all of these duties the ST-ECF staff maintains close contacts with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, which is charged with the scientific operation of the HST observatory.
Space Telescope Science Institute ( STScI )
STScI is responsible for the scientific operations of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). STScI is operated by Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under contract to NASA.
ST-ECF Archives
ST-ECF WWW pages
WAIS index to all files in WISE, the World Wide Web (WWW) based information system at the Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) which supports European astronomers in using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
Star*s Family
The Star*s Family is a growing collection of directories, dictionaries, databases and related products on astronomy, space sciences, as well as related fields, organizations and people. StarWorlds, StarBits, and StarHeads: are available on-line.
StarTrax: an Astrophysics Information System ( WWW AIS )
StarTrax 2.0 is a forms interface to the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) database management system at NASA's GSFC, which allows browsing of various astronomical catalogs and archival datafiles, providing a vast selection of data from X-ray and Gamma-ray astronomy missions including ROSAT, ASCA, Compton GRO, Einstein and EXOSAT. The Browse facility incorporates a name resolver to convert object names to coordinates; it will also provide multiple downloading of data products. Best results can be obtained by following the configuration instructions.
Statistical Consulting Center for Astronomy ( SCCA )
The SCCA provides prompt high-quality statistical advice for the astronomical community. It is an interdisciplinary team of faculty at Penn State with contacts throughout the international statistical community. A wide range of issues arising in astronomical data analysis can be addressed. Questions and answers are made available on the WWW.
STScI documents
WAIS index to User Manuals produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute for use by Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) proposers and observers. PostScript and ASCII versions in /documents/* directories on STEIS
The Astrophysics Multi-spectral Archive Search Engine ( AMASE )
AMASE is an online astrophysics catalog developed using object-oriented database (OODB) technology to help researchers locate multi-mission data in the NASA archives.
The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
This resource, maintained by Jean Schneider (Observatoire de Paris), provides updated information about the search for extrasolar planets.
It includes a Catalog of Extrasolar Planets and a list of meetings.
The Opacity Project: TOPbase at CDS ( TOPbase )
TOPbase is a read-only database system specially designed for general use of the atomic data dervived by the Opacity Project. It contains energy levels, f-values and photoionization cross sections for astrophysically abundant elements.
U.S. Naval Observatory ( USNO )
The U.S. Naval Observatory performs an essential scientific role for the United States, the Navy, and the Department of Defense. Its mission includes determining the positions and motions of the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets, stars and other celestial objects, providing astronomical data; determining precise time; measuring the Earth's rotation; and maintaining the Master Clock for the United States.
University of California, Berkeley - Center for Particle Astrophysics ( UCB - CfPA )
The CfPA located at the University of California, Berkeley was established in 1989 to conduct research in the new interdisciplinary field of particle astrophysics. We provide information on the Center's research, education and outreach efforts, workshops, seminars, publications, and a directory of members and visitors.
USGS Flagstaff Space Mission Support
Browse the Solar System - Information about the Solar System and products created by the USGS. Current Activities, NASA Missions - Some of the NASA missions and other projects on which our scientists are currently working. Databases - Space mission databases maintained by USGS Flagstaff Field Center.
Viking Mission to Mars - Online Resources ( PDS Imaging Node. JPL. NASA )
NASA's Viking Mission to Mars was composed of two spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander. The primary mission objectives were to obtain high resolution images of the Martian surface, characterize the structure and composition of the atmosphere and surface, and search for evidence of life. Viking 1 was launched on August 20, 1975 and arrived at Mars on June 19, 1976. Viking 2 was launched September 9, 1975 and entered Mars orbit on August 7, 1976. The service includes description of the missions and images of the planet
Web Interface for Searching Archival Research Data ( WISARD/NSSDC )
WISARD is a new interface to the extensive collection of astrophysics data archived on the NASA Data Archive and Distribution Service (NDADS) and other archives.
WebStars ( Astrophysics on the Web )
WebStars, at NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center, is about astronomy & astrophysics; the Space Science Web Group; software & icons downloading; WWW technical pages & style guides; on-line articles about astronomy on the Web; HEASARC/StarTrax Browse and other online services; and virtual reality. If you have a document or resource you wish to be included, send me the text (preferably HTML) or a URL. WebStars is referenced by many other sites on the Web. It has been expanded and reorganised extensively since its first announcement in February, so visit again! The What's New page lists file change dates, to help you discover updates. Also, there are New Additions areas.
X-Ray WWW Server ( at Uppsala Universitet )
The Server makes available bibliographies and databases related to x-ray spectroscopic physics. In particular, the Henke database of atomic scattering factors can be downloaded. Also, this is the site for the Atomic and Molecular Core- Edge Excitation Database and Bibliography, compiled originally by A.P. Hitchcock, and prepared by Hitchcock and Mancini for electronic distribution (COREXDB). A simple bibliographic search mechanism has been implemented for the COREX bibliography. A visualization mechanism is currently being developed to allow Web Browsers to preview datafiles as in-line GIFs before choosing to download.
XMM Survey Science Centre ( XMM SSC )
The XMM Survey Science Centre (SSC) has responsibilities within the XMM project in three main areas:
Updated on 96/9/16 8:38 GMT by Sergio Paoli spaoli@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar