VizieR archives

The Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS) collects and distributes astronomical data catalogues, related to observations of stars and galaxies, other galactic and extragalactic objects, solar system bodies and atomic data. It is also a repository of the IAU Commission 27 Archive of Unpublished Observations of Variable Stars

Access to Catalogues

Alternative accesses:

browse the list of catalogues, and get access to summary descriptions of each individual catalogue, or restrict to the list of recently added catalogues.
retrieve the catalogues associated to the acronyms used throughout the literature, the Simbad and NED databases.
find and query catalogues through VizieR (or with the VizieR toolbar below)
interrogate and query the collection of data with client routines that can easily be installed on your local Unix workstation.

Note: Some of the catalogues are not (yet) available on-line. These ones should be requested by electronic mail to: question@simbad.u-strasbg.fr

Statistical Summary
12419 catalogues available from CDS ... ... of which 11712 are available on-line (as full ASCII or FITS files) ... ... of which 11463 are also available through the VizieR browser.

Supplying your catalogue

Scientists producing new datasets or astronomical catalogues are encouraged to make their computer-readable material and documentation available for distribution to the worldwide astronomical community, by depositing a copy in one of the international astronomical data centers.
For a rapid insertion into the data center archives and into the VizieR facility, the authors are advised to have a look at the guidelines for the preparation and submission of catalogues.

Access to Astronomical Catalogues