Individual files can be fetched (via http) from here
or via ftp from: ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/

This standardized document follows the rules of the Standard Description for Astronomical Catalogues. For those having to work on this catalogue using FORTRAN programs, this ReadMe file can be transformed into a f77-compliant program which reads the files making up this catalogue, in two versions: either a f77 program loading whole files into arrays, or a f77-program reading each data file line by line.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

× ReadMe            80        .   This file


Byte-by-byte Description of file:

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations



Other files are included in this directory:

cdsclient.tar.gz :   ==== Version (2.7) ===
	a lightweight set of scripts which can be used to query astronomical
	catalogues available at CDS from any Unix/Linux platform, and get
	the result in ascii, FITS, XML ot TSV.
	Get details from http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/vizier/doc/cdsclient.htx

adc.sty: style file required to process LaTeX documents prepared at ADC
	 (Astronomical Data Center, NASA/Greenbelt)

cats.ps :     a Postscript document describing the standards adopted
		for the Documentation of Catalogues
cats.dvi:     same as above in DVI format

cats.bib :    a list of catalogues available at CDS, in "bibUnix" format
cats.lis :    a short list of catalogues available at CDS, in printable form
cats.all :    a full list of catalogues available at CDS
cats.tex :    a full list of catalogues available at CDS
		(to be processed by LaTeX) 


For requests of catalogues which are not publicly available, comments, 
suggestions, etc ... mail or email to the following addresses:
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       CDS, Observatoire Astronomique
       11, rue de l'Universite
       67000 STRASBOURG, France

Email: 

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