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The Astronomical Data Base and Retrieval System at NASA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jaylee M. Mead ,
Theresa A. Nagy ,
Robert S. Hill  and
Wayne H. Warren Jr.
Jaylee M. Mead
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA/GSFC
Theresa A. Nagy
Affiliation:
Systems and Applied Sciences Corporation
Robert S. Hill
Affiliation:
Systems and Applied Sciences Corporation
Wayne H. Warren Jr.
Affiliation:
National Space Science Data Center, NASA/GSFC

Abstract

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More than 250 machine-readable catalogs of stars and extended celestial objects are now available at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) as the result of over a decade of catalog acquisition , verification and documentation. Retrieval programs are described which permit the user to obtain from a remote terminal bibliographical listings for stars; to find all celestial objects from a given list that are within a defined angular separation from each object in another list; to plot celestial objects on overlays for sky survey plate areas; and to search selected catalogs for objects by criteria of position , identification number, magnitude or spectral type.

Type
A. Existing Data Centers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 64: Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy , 1982 , pp. 9 - 13
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982

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