Astronomical Catalogs
interface by D. A. Clarke -- using HTML, sybtcl, and Sybase
Nota Bene
In the years since this resource was first placed online, many
advances have been made at other sites offering astronomical
catalogs. We don't actively maintain these catalog pages, and
some of the data sets are getting old. If you want the latest
up-to-date information, check out
both of which offer WWW access to all their catalogs and the
associated documentation. The CDS in particular has a
sophisticated browser interface which permits custom
queries. Over 2300 catalogs are accessible by this means.
If you are still attached to the Lick catalog pages for some reason
(i.e. there is something special about the type of queries we offer
which particularly attracts you), then send mail to webmaster
(below). Unless there is some unique feature of our pages which
people find useful, we'll probably shut them down sometime before
Jan 1 2000.
We now return you to the original text of this page:
This page is now production -- If you have a problem using it, please let
webmaster know. Feel free to send suggestions and comments also to
webmaster, as this interface is still evolving rapidly.
NOTE that most of these pages use HTML3 for proper column alignment,
and that some viewers will not be able to handle this. When in doubt, use
Netscape 1.1 (installed for sun4 and alpha at Lick). If you feel strongly
that HTML2 versions should be offered as well, write to webmaster.
Some catalogs include images of objects, which may appear as a field
value along with the rest of the catalog data, or which may appear out
to the right of each record. You will need an appropriate viewer for
the type of image file (FITS, for example) in order to view these images.
Some catalogs may contain brief code values in certain columns, which
require a key for easy interpretation. Where possible, I have provided
this key as a hyperlink in the column header in your output page.
Caveats: Data dictionary information may not exist for all catalogs; recently
added catalogs may not be in the official "list of catalogs".
- Basic User Guide
- If you need some help getting started, try reading this.
- Rationale And General Description
- This is a quick overview of how and why this software was
invented and what it is for
- Hints and Tips
- If you have difficulties using these catalogs, try looking at
this page, where answers to user questions and problems are
summarized.
- ADC CDrom Contents
- These catalogs are easily available to us and can be loaded
into this online system at users' request.
- Search Catalog List
- Search for a specific catalog
- Browse Catalog List
- Browse through the list of offered catalogs
- Stars
- SAO J2000 Catalog
- Bright Star Catalog
- Near-By Stars Catalog
- HST GSPC Catalog
- Hipparcos Satellite Catalog
- Yale Trigonometric Parallax Catalog
- Galaxies
- RC-3 (3rd Ref. Cat. of Bright Gal.)
- Uppsala General Catalog of Galaxies
- ESO/Uppsala Survey B
- Frei et al Galaxy Catalog
- Huchra et al CfA Redshift "Zcat"
- Huchra et al CfA "Zbig"
- Nonstellar Active Objects
- Hewitt and Burbidge QSO Catalog
- Misc Smaller Catalogs
- BL_Lac Catalog
- Spectral/Orbital Binary Catalog
- UBV Measurements Catalog
- VCV AGN Catalog
- VCV QSO Catalog
NOTE
Except for the Sybase relational database engine which is managing
the catalog data tables, this application relies entirely on free
software. It can be modified and extended (within the limits of
our resources and ability) so send in your suggestions for improvements,
including the whereabouts and nature of catalogs which would be of
use to you in your research or catalogs of your own data which you
would like to publish here.
Future features currently under discussion:
- pop-up viewer for spectral data as well as images
webmaster@ucolick.org
De Clarke
UCO/Lick Observatory
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel: +1 408 459 2630
Fax: +1 408 454 9863