Astronomy Databases/Archives
- 2MASS - infrared
all-sky survey done at a wavelength of two microns (2 Micron
All Sky Survey)
- ADS
Astronomy Abstract Query Form - look up astronomy references and
publications
- Astro-ph (arxive.org)
/ Astro-ph (lanl.gov) -
Astrophysics preprint server
- Astronomical Data Center (ADC) -
astronomical catalogs and data tables, among other things - (defunct, see
VizieR Catalogue Service and
CDS archive)
- Atomic Data for
Astrophysics - provides links to basic atomic data required for
calculation of the ionization state of astrophysical plasmas and for
quantitative spectroscopy
- Atomic
Spectral Line Database - info on atomic line transitions based on
Kurucz files
- Canadian
Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) - access to many astronomical
archives, surveys, and catalogs
- Central
Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams - How to report
astronomical discoveries and other databases
- CDS archive (Centre
de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg) - databases,
archives, bibliography, etc.
- Digital Library -
ADS digital library, online books relating to astronomy and astrophysics
- Digitized Sky Survey -
scanned images of the entire sky
- Digital Stellar
Spectra - postscript images of various different types of stellar
spectra
- Guide Star Catalog -
HST Guide Star Catalog at MAST
- Handbook of Space
Astronomy and Astrophysics - Zombeck, essential reference for space
astronomy and astrophysics
- HEASARC - High
Energy Astrophysics Science Aechive
Research Center
- Hipparcos
Space Astrometry Mission
- Information
Bulletin on Variable Stars (IBVS)
- InfraRed
Science Archive (IRAS) - access data on infrared
sky surveys: IRAS, MSX, and 2MASS
- International
Astronomy Meetings List - list of professional astronomy meetings
- Journals and other Publications
- MK
Standard Stars Catalog - on-line, searchable, catalog of MK
spectral standard stars (MK Standard Stars Garcia 1989)
- Multiwavelength
Milky Way - images of the Milky Way in a variety of wavelengths (radio,
infrared, optical, x-ray, gamma ray, etc.)
- NASA Astrophysics Data
System (ADS) - Abstract Service - search for astronomical journal
articles by author, title, or keywords; site includes links to
many articles on-line
- NED - NASA/IPAC
Extragalactic Database
- NStars Database - Basic data
on the nearest star systems
- PIMMS -
program for predicting x-ray photon count rates from various objects using a
number of different x-ray satellites
- RR Lyrae Data
Archive - site containing tables of published photometric
data for RR Lyr variables, including a summery of information
from the General Catalog of Variable Stars
- SIMBAD
(at Strasbourg),
SIMBAD
Mirror (at Harvard) - astronomical database of basic data,
cross-identifications, observational measurements, and
bibliography for objects outside our solar system
- Sky View Virtual Telescope -
view images of celestial
objects in a variety of different wavelengths (visual, radio,
x-ray, gamma ray, ect...)
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
- survey that will map in detail one-quarter of the entire sky
- The Star*s Family of
Astronomy Related Resources - The StarPages - searchable database of
organizations, institutions, companies, personal web pages, astronomy
abbreviations, acronyms, and lots more
- USNO-B1.0 Catalog
- VizieR Catalogue Service
- access to published astronomical catalogues and data tables
available on line
- White Dwarf Research Corporation
E-mail to
stark @ astro.psu.edu