Research Catalog

Title

Information & on-line data in astronomy / edited by Daniel Egret & Miguel A. Albrecht.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Egret, D. (Daniel)
• Albrecht, Miguel A.

Description

xi, 291 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

The book presents a wide selection of databases, archives, data centers, and information systems. Clear and up-to-date descriptions are included, together with their scientific context and motivations. This volume provides an essential tool for astronomers, librarians, data specialists and computer engineers.

Series Statement

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 203

Uniform Title

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 203.

Alternative Title

Information and on-line data in astronomy

Subject

• Astronomy > Data processing
• Astronomy > Information services
• Online data processing
• Information storage and retrieval systems > Astronomy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Facets and Challenges of the Information Technology Evolution / Andre Heck -- 2. The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Archive / Paul Barrett -- 3. Data from the X-ray Observatory ROSAT / H. U. Zimmermann, H. Brunner, R. Pisarski, W. Voges and M. G. Watson -- 4. The Einstein On-Line Service / Daniel E. Harris and Carolyn Stern Grant -- 5. The EUVE Archive / Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics -- 6. The IUE Archives / M. Barylak, A. Talavera, W. Wamsteker, J. D. Ponz and C. Driessen -- 7. Building the archive facility of the ESO Very Large Telescope / Miguel A. Albrecht, Michele Peron and Benoit Pirenne -- 8. Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky (DENIS) / Erik Deul, Nicolas Epchtein and Jean Borsenberger -- 9. Data from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) / David Leisawitz and John C. Mather -- 10. The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database / G. Helou, B. F. Madore, M. Schmitz, X. Wu, H. G. Corwin, Jr., C. LaGue, J. Bennett and H. Sun --
• 11. LEDA: The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database / G. Paturel, I. Vauglin, H. Andernach, R. Garnier, M. C. Marthinet, C. Petit, H. Di Nella, L. Bottinelli, L. Gouguenheim and N. Durand -- 12. The Database for Galactic Open Clusters (BDA) / Jean-Claude Mermilliod -- 13. The HEASARC facility / The HEASARC team -- 14. IPAC Datasets and On-Line Services / R. Ebert, G. Helou and J. Mazzarella -- 15. The Archives of the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre / Dennis R. Crabtree, Daniel Durand, Severin Gaudet, Norman Hill and Stephen C. Morris -- 16. A global perspective on astronomical data and information: the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS) / D. Egret, M. Creze, F. Bonnarel, P. Dubois, F. Genova, A. Heck, G. Jasniewicz, S. Lesteven, F. Ochsenbein and M. Wenger -- 17. Data Holdings in the ADS / Stephen S. Murray, Guenther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn Stern Grant and Michael J. Kurtz -- 18. The European Space Information System (ESIS) / Paolo Giommi and Salim G. Ansari --
• 19. The Star*s Family: An example of comprehensive yellow-page services / Andre Heck -- 20. Library Information Services / U. Michold, M. Cummins, J. M. Watson, J. Holmquist and R. Shobbrook -- 21. How to make your information available on the network / Miguel A. Albrecht and Daniel Egret -- 22. Computer Networking in Astronomy / Fionn Murtagh -- 23. Data Storage Technology for Astronomy / Benoit Pirenne and Daniel Durand -- 24. NED and SIMBAD Conventions for Bibliographic Reference Coding / M. Schmitz, G. Helou, P. Dubois, C. LaGue, B. Madore, H. G. Corwin, Jr. and S. Lesteven.

ISBN

0792336593 (hb : acid free paper)

LCCN

95034050

OCLC

• 32855496
• ocm32855496

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries