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The Strasbourg astronomical data center (CDS) provides reference astronomical services:

  • SIMBAD is the reference database for identification and bibliography of astronomical objects (outside the solar system).
  • VizieR is a catalogue service for large sky surveys, catalogues and tables published in academic papers, and more and more other data associated to publications.
  • The interactive sky atlas Aladin provides an interactive portal to access image collections and databases available via Virtual Observatory protocols.
  • The CDS cross-match service allows to do positional cross-matching of very large catalogues.

Creative Commons license Introduction to the main CDS services

Aug. 14, 2024
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Pooja Sharma presents a step-through the main CDS services (SIMBAD, Aladin, VizieR) with the CDS portal.

This is the first part of a presentation made during the IAU 2024 general assembly "VO workshop for African astronomers" side-event.

More tutorials are available on the CDS website.

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