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Databases & On-line Data in Astronomy

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Miguel A. Albrecht

    1. ESO, Garching bei München, Germany

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  2. Daniel Egret

    1. Observatoire Astronomique, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 171)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Data from the ROSAT Observatory

    • H. U. Zimmermann, A. W. Harris
    Pages 1-9

  3. The EXOSAT Database System

    • N. E. White, P. Giommi
    Pages 11-16

  4. IRAS

    • Helen J. Walker
    Pages 17-28

  5. Databases from Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)

    • Richard A. White, John C. Mather
    Pages 29-34

  6. The many faces of the Archive of the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite

    • Willem Wamsteker
    Pages 35-46

  7. Data Archive Systems for the Hubble Space Telescope

    • E. Schreier, P. Benvenuti, F. Pasian
    Pages 47-58

  8. Database Aspects of the Guide Star Catalog

    • Helmut Jenkner
    Pages 59-66

  9. The HIPPARCOS INCA Database

    • C. Turon, F. Arenou, M.-O. Baylac, D. Boumghar, F. Crifo, A. Gómez et al.
    Pages 67-78

  10. The SIMBAD astronomical database

    • Daniel Egret, Marc Wenger, Pascal Dubois
    Pages 79-88

  11. The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

    • G. Helou, B. F. Madore, M. Schmitz, M. D. Bicay, X. Wu, J. Bennett
    Pages 89-106

  12. The ESO Archive Project

    • François Ochsenbein
    Pages 107-114

  13. Archives of the Isaac Newton Group, La Palma and Westerbork observatories

    • Ernst Raimond
    Pages 115-124

  14. Archiving at NRAO’s VLA and VLBA Telescopes

    • Donald C. Wells
    Pages 125-126

  15. ESIS A Science Information System

    • Miguel A. Albrecht
    Pages 127-138

  16. The NASA Astrophysics Data System

    • James R. Weiss, John C. Good
    Pages 139-150

  17. The NSSDC Services

    • Michael E. Van Steenberg, James L. Green
    Pages 151-160

  18. The Space Data Centre at RAL

    • David Giaretta, Eric Dunford
    Pages 161-164

  19. Database applications in Starlink

    • Clive Davenhall
    Pages 165-178

  20. Database applications in Astronet

    • Leopoldo Benacchio
    Pages 179-192
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About this book

Data archiving has, for many years, been the most disregarded aspect of all data systems. The increase in numbers of telescopes, both groundbased and space-borne, and the increase in efficiency of detectors have generated overwhelming amounts of data. Much of these data were and are not used on short timescales and (should) have been archived, where they can be used later and/or by others. Archiving is essential. Objects can change in the course of time. New technological or scientific developments might require observing objects again. The cost-benefit ratio will become more and more important when considering the allocation of telescope time. The retrieval of `old' data can then be crucial.
At present there are a number of data collections and data retrieval systems. This book includes a series of clear and up-to-date descriptions of many important available data systems.
For professional astronomers, librarians and computer engineers.

Reviews

` The book is a reference work, useful and probably a must for the astronomer wanting to use archived data. It should be in the library of each astronomical research institute. '
Space Science Reviews, 62:393

Editors and Affiliations

  • ESO, Garching bei München, Germany

    Miguel A. Albrecht

  • Observatoire Astronomique, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

    Daniel Egret

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Databases & On-line Data in Astronomy

  • Editors: Miguel A. Albrecht, Daniel Egret

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3250-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1247-5Published: 31 May 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5433-1Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3250-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 273

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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