newsletterlibrary.com

Top : Science : Astronomy :
Data Archives

Categories
Solar System 
Stellar and Astrometric 
Supernovae and Remnants 

Websites
The Astrophysics Data Facility (ADF), located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
site exerpt
The Multiwavelength Milky Way  These pages bring together several data sets to visualize images of our Milky Way galaxy in various wavelength regions. The site's intent is to present and explain how data across the electromagnetic spectrum are used by astronomers to learn about...
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/milkyway.html

Devoted to stars in galactic open clusters. It offers an interface to a database collecting astronomical observations, and bibliography.
http://obswww.unige.ch/webda/

Data from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Includes catalog service, data archives, imaging services, and journals.
http://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/

Astrophysical CATalogs support System. Contains list of catalogs, table of major radio catalogs, and search tool.
site exerpt
CATS home page  Ordered with directory name Table of the major radio catalogs The CATS descriptions English Russian] Context search in the catalogs descriptions Search with ht Dig at CATS-server Coordinate search of objects Select in celestial area] and [Match around celestial point]...
http://cats.sao.ru/

Contains digitized sky survey, IUE archive, star catalogs, and links.
site exerpt
The CADC Home Page  Please report any problems to the CADC...
http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/CADC-homepage.html

Creates, and maintains software to process and archive data from optical telescopes at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, Whipple Observatory, and Multiple Mirror Telescope on Mt. Hopkins in Arizona. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is part of the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
site exerpt
SAO Telescope Data Center  Removing sky from spectra ApJ Letters paper) Reduction stelircam Reducing Stelircam output Software hectospec Reducing Hectospec output Data rvsao: Computing Redshifts in IRAF (papers) Analysis SAOimage: Displaying Images (papers) Software: WCSTools: Using Sky Coordinates in Astronomical Images (papers) Image header...
http://cfa165.harvard.edu/

(ADIL) collects astronomical, research-quality images and make them available to the astronomical community, and the general public. Offers Library access, image browse, and FITS links.
site exerpt
NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library  Web to search for and browse images. Once images are located in the Library, users may download them to their local machines in FITS format for further analysis. The Library provides a number of benefits not only to those looking...
http://imagelib.ncsa.uiuc.edu/imagelib.html

Provides a low frequency sky survey of discrete sources obtained in the Institute of Radio Astronomy of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. Images from the UTR-2 radio telescope at a number of the low frequencies used in contemporary radio astronomy within the range from 10 to 25 MHz.
site exerpt
The UTR-2 Catalogue  The collective area of the UTR-2 is 150000 sq.m and the resolution is about 40'x40 at the middle frequency 16.7 MHz. The UTR-2 survey one can found in the following papers: Braude S.Ya Megn A.V Rashkovski S.L Ryabov B.P Sharykin...
http://www.ira.kharkov.ua/UTR2/

Provides an interactive sky atlas allowing users to visualize digitized images of any part of the sky. Includes astronomical catalogs, personal user data files, and interactive access to related data from the Simbad database, and Vizier service.
site exerpt
Aladin Sky Atlas  Aladin previewer en franais New: Aladin V3 multiview and new manual April 2005multiviews, multiprojections, resampling, blinking, GIF,JPEG,PNG compatible,post stamp image generator, Xmatch tool, signed applet, HTTP authentication support, etc. Description Aladin is an interactive software sky atlas allowing the user...
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/

(CDS) Astronomical databases, bibliography, documentation, and directory.
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/CDS.html

The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Archive. Includes CFHT archives, images, instruments, help, and links.
http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cfht/cfht.html

Comprises a set of all-sky photographic surveys in E, V, J, R, and N bands conducted with the Palomar, and UK Schmidt telescopes at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
site exerpt
MAST DSS  Skip to Main Content DSS Digitized Sky Survey Cross-mission Mission-specific Quick search Aladin Scrapbook VizieR/MAST Xcor Coplotter Specview StarView more ASTRO-HUT ASTRO-UIT ASTRO-WUPPE Copernicus DSS EUVE FUSE GALEX GSC HST IUE ORFEUS-BEFS ORFEUS-TUES ORFEUS-IMAPS VLA-FIRST MAST STScI Searches-Tools Missions Tutorial...
http://stdatu.stsci.edu/dss/

Faint images of the radio sky at the wavelength of 20 centimeters.
site exerpt
The VLA FIRST Survey  Jy source detection threshold, there are ~90 sources per square degree 35% of which have resolved structure on scales from 2-30 What's New: UPDATED FIRST IMAGE ARCHIVE AT STSCI, 2004 AUGUST 23 Description Catalogs Status of observations Search the FIRST...
http://sundog.stsci.edu/

Archive provides access to the all-sky catalogue from the set of ten CD-ROMs produced by the US Naval Observatory within the Precise Measurement Machine Project.
http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/usnoa

Provides simultaneously queries, and many astronomical databases. Includes input target coordinates or name, data type, source, and bandpass.
site exerpt
Starcast  StarcastAbout Starcast Astrobrowse ST ScI Archive Target Name Name Resolver SIMBAD NED RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Radius (arcmin) Coordinate Type Equatorial (J2000) Bandpass Data Source Data Type Location AnyEUVGamma Raygamma rayGamma rayGamma-rayInfraredIRMicrowaveOpticalopticalRadioUltravioletUVX-rayXray AnyDerivedObservationsPointedProposalSurveySurvey Data AnyCatalogImageImagesOtherSpectraSpectrumTime-series AnyAAOADF (NASA/GSFC)ADF/NASA/GSFCADS/CfAASC SAOAstronomical Observatory of...
http://archive.stsci.edu/starcast/

Offers data, cross-identifications, observational measurements, and bibliography for celestial objects outside the solar system including stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in external galaxies.
site exerpt
The SIMBAD astronomical database  D contains information for about 1 million objects, for which 3.3 million identifiers, more than 1.5 million observational measurements and 1.4 million bibliographical references are available. Interactive access to SIMBAD The data base can be searched interactively in order to:...
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad.html

A list of the personal web pages of professional astronomers from around the world. Extensive.
site exerpt
Personal Web pages  Radial velocity studies of binary stars. ABADA-SIMON, Meil Obs. Paris Non thermal radio emissions from Stars, magnetised planets and the Sun. Multi-wavelength studies. ABRAMOWICZ, Marek Chalmers University, Sweden Theory, black holes, accretion disks. ADORF, Hans-Martin MPE, Garching AGOL, Eric Washington...
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_personal.html

MAST supports a variety of astronomical data archives, with the primary focus on scientifically related data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.
site exerpt
MAST  Skip to Main Content MAST Multimission Archive at Space Telescope Cross-mission Mission-specific Quick search Aladin Scrapbook VizieR/MAST Xcor Coplotter Specview StarView more ASTRO-HUT ASTRO-UIT ASTRO-WUPPE Copernicus DSS EUVE FUSE GALEX GSC HST IUE ORFEUS-BEFS ORFEUS-TUES ORFEUS-IMAPS VLA-FIRST MAST STScI Searches-Tools...
http://archive.stsci.edu/

Sky map, and point source catalogs from the all-sky survey.
site exerpt
 The services for the following web sites have been moved to a new server. Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Archive Interface Cosmic Background Explorer SWAS Data Archive The new location for these services is: http lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Please make a note of...
http://space.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/iras/

Mapping interface that will integrate powerful Geographic Information Systems (GIS) graphical, statistical, and spatial relational tools for analyses of planetary datasets.
site exerpt
USGS Planetary GIS Web Server PIGWAD  Please be patient with all USGS servers. Hopefully it will be quickly resolved. Oct 21, pds2world.pl script updated to use registration parameters as defined by the PDS (doesn't mean all released PDS images are using the correct location in their...
http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/

Search data about millions of galaxies by their name or celestial position. Also an archive of 100,000 images of galaxies.
http://www-obs.univ-lyon1.fr/hypercat/

Archives astronomical data. Includes star dates, comets, glossary, astronomical catalogs, calendar, meteor events, and astromaps.
http://www.maa.mhn.de/

Contains astronomy resources, space data archives, visitor information, and research opportunities.
site exerpt
Astronomy Resources at STScI  Moon that support future human exploration. Hubble's exquisite resolution and sensitivity to ultraviolet light Read more Cycle 15 Call for Proposals NASA and The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are pleased to announce the Cycle 15 Call for Proposals for...
http://www.stsci.edu/resources/

Data center that is part of the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit providing a selection of data from the UK's ground based telescopes. Includes archives, and catalogs.
site exerpt
UK astronomical data-centre  Welcome to the home page of the UK Astronomy Data Centre (formerly RGO Astronomy Data Centre The Data Centre is part of the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit in the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and houses a good selection...
http://archive.ast.cam.ac.uk/

Provides a search tool for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory secondary data products archive.
site exerpt
The UnOfficial Chandra Archive Search  R gives complete access to the archive ObsID Name Simbad@CfA Simbad NED Instrument Any HRC ACIS RA hh:mm:ss.s Grating Any NONE LETG HETG Dec dd:mm:ss.s Title Key Size d:mm:ss.s Observer The L1 Database The L2 Database 3472 observations last updated...
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/archive/chandra/search

Offers information services, and archiving of various astronomical issues.
site exerpt
Server shutdown  Services have been shut down. This also concerns the MPCORB-Mirror. Please refer to the MPC-Homepage for information on other mirrors....
http://www.byte-o-matic.net

An Anglo-Australian collaboration surveying 740 square degrees of high-galactic lattiude sky. Contains spectroscopic data release, results, progress report, and input catalogue, survey members, and publications.
site exerpt
2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ)  Please feel free to have a look at what we have written so far. See also our brief summary of 2QZ basics. We are using the AAT Two-Degree Field (2dF) to obtain redshifts for 25000 B21 QSOs in two 75°...
http://www.2dfquasar.org

Provides images, and catalogues of the southern sky in three colours. Includes access to digitised images, and the data derived from SuperCOSMOS scans of photographic Schmidt survey plates.
site exerpt
SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys  The data cover three wavebands (BRI with one colour (R) represented at two epochs. First-time visitors are encouraged to read the Introduction and relevant pages under Documentation. The examples page is a good starting point if you're unfamiliar with astronomical...
http://www-wfau.roe.ac.uk/sss/

Contains solar data, and images. Includes SDAC Data-Finder, current solar images, and TRACE analysis guides.
site exerpt
SDAC Home Page  Click for for the latest ground- and space-based solar images in the SDAC archives. Click for GIF representations of these images via anonymous ftp. SolarMonitor hosted at the SDAC solarmonitor.org now features RSS feeds with active region closeups. Peter Gallagher's...
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/

Global project organized by the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS). Contains data base for Crescent Observations.
site exerpt
This Page Has Moved To www.icoproject.org  Thank You For Your Visit This Page Has Moved To: www.icoproject.org Please Update Your Bookmark. Kindly Click Here To Continue...
http://www.jas.org.jo/icop.html

This postage Stamp server for NRAO/VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) returns radio images of the sky in FITS or JPEG format.
site exerpt
NVSS Postage Stamp Server (19 July 2002)  For detailed general instructions or information about this survey, see the Help File under general or use the links on the forms for help about each item. Equinox: B1950 J2000 Polarization: Stokes I IQU Object name [optional Central Right Ascension:...
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/nvss/postage.shtml

Patrick Shopbell's Astronomy Resources. Contains data archives, astronomical catalogs, atlas of nearby dwarf galaxies, and links.
site exerpt
Astronomy: Data Archives  South spectroscopic redshifts HST Program Information Hubble Heritage Project MDS Medium Deep Survey StarView (distributed version) finger archive hotseat IRAS InfraRed Astronomy Satellite archive DIRBE Dust Maps IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer LEDA Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database from Lyon Observatory LEDAS Leicester...
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~pls/astronomy/archives.html

Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. Includes survey programs data archive, and links to other data collections.
site exerpt
NOAO Data Archives  Survey is a deep optical and near-infrared wide-field imaging survey that will sample the sky in two 9 square degree fields. The following additional data collections or other resources are also available. Save-the-Bits (STB CTIO and KPNO routinely copy and...
http://www.noao.edu/archives.html

A project to develop an Internet data resource in astronomy. Includes journals, reading, the sky server, team information, and links.
site exerpt
Microsoft Research and the SDSS SkyServer  Many fields are now coping with a rapidly mounting problem: how to organize, use, and make sense of the enormous amounts of data generated by today’s instruments and experiments. Ideally, this data should be accessible to scientists and educators, to...
http://research.microsoft.com/~gray/SDSS/

A joint venture of The European Southern Observatory(ESO), and the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility(ST-ECF). Contains a shared archive server, services, news, updates, digitized sky images, links, and public datasets.
site exerpt
ESO and Space Telescope Science Archive Facilities  Archive is a joint collaboration of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF ESO observational data can be requested after the proprietary period by the astronomical community. Please read the official ESO Data Access...
http://archive.eso.org/

The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Archive. Offers search tool, and operator's log.
site exerpt
The New UKIRT Archive  The archive contains data from March 2 of 1997 to the present date, and is fully functional. For almost all searches, the Common form should be used. This form allows UKIRT data for all instruments to be queried. For completeness,...
http://archive.ast.cam.ac.uk/ukirt_arch/

Contains astronomy data, news, images, information, and downloads.
site exerpt
AstronomyNook  For comments or suggestions please feel free to write us: info@astronomynook.com Search WWW Search www.astronomynook.com Last updated on 05/10/2005...
http://www.astronomynook.com/

Contains student research projects, astronomical data, radio observatories, and history.
site exerpt
Discipline of Physics, University of Tasmania  Welcome to the website of the Discipline of Physics at the University of Tasmania! Physics research at UTAS encompasses: Theoretical Physics Biophysics Astrophysics: Radio Astronomy Optical Astronomy X-ray Astronomy Announcements Mt Pleasant and Ceduna Radio Telescopes Take part in Upcomming...
http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/

An image browser providing access to digitized optical Schmidt plates forming the STScI Survey.
site exerpt
Leicester Digitised Sky Survey image browser  This service provides online access to digitised optical Schmidt plates from the STScI Digitised Sky Surveys DSS and DSS-II. Images can be retrieved in a variety of formats, and displayed with optional coordinate grids. Please complete and submit the following...
http://ledas-www.star.le.ac.uk/DSSimage

Daily archive of interesting astronomy photos by NASA.
site exerpt
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive  Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive Index Search Today's Picture 2005 October 27: The Last Titan 2005 October 26: 4500 Kilometers Above Dione 2005 October 25: Supernova Remnant N132D in Optical and X Rays...
http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Features images of Nebulae organized by Bill Arnett. Includes glossary, image list, and sources.
http://www.seds.org/billa/twn/

Presents photos from the Hubble Space Telescope.
site exerpt
Jim's Hubble Telescope Photo Gallery  Telescope mirror and upgraded on-board image sensors. Since then, the HST has pushed its brilliant imaging to the very edge of the universe. Come, take a look at forty of the most remarkable images of outer space Somewhere in this...
http://www.mindspring.com/~deline/

Contains information on the PDS and APM microdensitometer facilities, Carlsberg Meridian telescope, data archives, and processing center.
site exerpt
Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit  University and is mainly involved in survey astronomy. Expertise within the group covers a broad range of ground-based and space-based projects ranging from data processing and image analysis techniques through to data curation and access to UK facility data archives....
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~mike/casu/index.html

Explores astronomy, the universe, the Hubble telescope, the solar system, and astronomy history. Offers news, images, articles, and links.
site exerpt
PAT BAKER'S ASTRONOMY CENTRAL HUBBLE UNIVERSE SOLAR SYSTEM AMATEUR  Hawking and many others who were mental giants, beside whom I feel extremely humble. The sites on this webpage will enable you take advantage of the work of all these great men. I take no credit whatsoever for the content...
http://my.execpc.com/~dep33/

Hosts more than 16000 Echelle spectra of 2000 objects from the ELODIE spectrograph at OHP observatory.
site exerpt
 Enter a designation or coordinates Examples: HIP117998, J04 14 57 15 32 10 simbad:procyon, HD190007,HD190073, GJ% a. For identifiers you can choose to query only this object around this object b. For coordinate and around object queries, define a radius...
http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/elodie/

Over 10 million variable star estimates dating back over 100 years.
site exerpt
AAVSO: Download/Request Data  D observations of variable stars dating back to its founding over 90 years ago. Over 6 thousand observers from all over the world have contributed data for over 6 thousand objects. This is the largest and highest quality digital database...
http://www.aavso.org/data/download/

Data archive by the European Space Agency mission with the participation of ISAS and NASA.
site exerpt
General user access to ISO Data Archive Version 9.0  ...
http://www.iso.vilspa.esa.es/ida/

A database to provide access for general researchers to observation data about solar, astrophysics and terrestrial information derived by the observation satellites of ISAS. Includes related resource links.
site exerpt
PLAIN Center DARTS  Link reseach supported by JST DARTS is a service of the PLAIN center at ISAS JAXA, Japan. The development of the DARTS system has been supported by many projects, institues, and goverments. Comments on these pages are welcome to comments@darts.isas.jaxa.jp...
http://www.darts.isas.jaxa.jp

NASA's ADC is a resource for astronomical data, catalogs, and journal tables.
site exerpt
NASA Astronomical Data Center Home page  Please see the site links below for directions to similar services at other institutions. Astronomy Data(Catalogs Journal Tables) News How To Site Map Search FAQ Feedback Links For 25 years, the ADC was a key center for published astronomy data,...
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

(NED).
http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center. Provides an archive of data on (and software for analyzing) gamma-ray, X-ray, and extreme ultraviolet observations of cosmic (non-solar) sources.
site exerpt
NASA's HEASARC  This web site is for scientists and astronomy enthusiasts seeking actual data from a multitude of space-based observatories. HEASARC is the primary archive for high-energy astronomy missions, in the extreme ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma-ray wavelengths. On this site, you'll find...
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/