One Stop Shopping? -- Star Catalogs

Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various star
(celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example, no. of
objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed, sponsor, history,
etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. eWatson" wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various star
(celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example, no. of
objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed, sponsor, history,
etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier

On 8/21/2010 11:59 PM, Martin Nicholson wrote:
On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various star
(celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example, no. of
objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed, sponsor, history,
etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier
Thanks. Although that is the correct address, I had to get there via
Google and wikipedia. It may be the link needs around it, which is
usually for keeping long links from inserting a CR into the URL.

"W. eWatson" wrote in message
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On 8/21/2010 11:59 PM, Martin Nicholson wrote:
On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various star
(celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example, no. of
objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed, sponsor, history,
etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier
Thanks. Although that is the correct address, I had to get there via
Google and wikipedia. It may be the link needs around it, which is
usually for keeping long links from inserting a CR into the URL.

More likely, it's because the url (for some reason) is case sensitive.
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizierR

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"W. eWatson" wrote in message
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On 8/21/2010 11:59 PM, Martin Nicholson wrote:
On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various star
(celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example, no. of
objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed, sponsor, history,
etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier
Thanks. Although that is the correct address, I had to get there via
Google and wikipedia. It may be the link needs around it, which is
usually for keeping long links from inserting a CR into the URL.

More likely, it's because the url (for some reason) is case sensitive.
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizierR

Nope, scratch that idea.

OG wrote:
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"W. eWatson" wrote in message
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On 8/21/2010 11:59 PM, Martin Nicholson wrote:
On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various
star (celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example,
no. of objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed,
sponsor, history, etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier
Thanks. Although that is the correct address, I had to get there via
Google and wikipedia. It may be the link needs around it, which
is usually for keeping long links from inserting a CR into the URL.

More likely, it's because the url (for some reason) is case
sensitive. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizierR

Nope, scratch that idea.

Why not go to it via the link from CDS:

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/

There is a direct link to Catalogs there, though it seems pretty slow at the
moment.

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Mike Dworetsky

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Mike Dworetsky wrote:
OG wrote:
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"W. eWatson" wrote in message
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On 8/21/2010 11:59 PM, Martin Nicholson wrote:
On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various
star (celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example,
no. of objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed,
sponsor, history, etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich.,
...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier
Thanks. Although that is the correct address, I had to get there
via Google and wikipedia. It may be the link needs around it,
which is usually for keeping long links from inserting a CR into
the URL.

More likely, it's because the url (for some reason) is case
sensitive. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizierR

Nope, scratch that idea.

Why not go to it via the link from CDS:

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/

There is a direct link to Catalogs there, though it seems pretty slow
at the moment.

Try this. There are local copies in most regions, esp useful if you
actually want to download a whole catalogue, in, e.g., ASCII.

http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat

--
Mike Dworetsky

(Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply)

(OG) wrote:
"W. eWatson" wrote in message
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On 8/21/2010 11:59 PM, Martin Nicholson wrote:
On 22 Aug, 00:03, "W. wrote:
Is there a single source that pretty well describes the various star
(celestial) catalogs available in some detail. For example, no. of
objects, type of objects, region of the sky surveyed, sponsor, history,
etc. GSC, NGC, Hipparcos-Tycho, U. of Mich., ...

Try
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Vizier
Thanks. Although that is the correct address, I had to get there via
Google and wikipedia. It may be the link needs around it, which is
usually for keeping long links from inserting a CR into the URL.

More likely, it's because the url (for some reason) is case sensitive.
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizierR

That, and it's spelled "cgi" not "viz"
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/VizieR

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