Databases & On-line Data in Astronomy
A book published by
Kluwer Acad. Publ. (1991)
Miguel A. Albrecht & Daniel Egret(Editors)
Data archiving was for many years the most disregarded aspect of all
data systems. Over the past two decades, the increasing
efficiency of cameras and photon collecting devices used by astronomers,
especially for space--borne astronomy or ground--based surveys, has
generated an unprecedented accumulation of data. But only a small part
of the data is immediately used in the investigations that was
planned for, and eventually published, hence the need for powerful and
flexible archiving systems.
The book presents a wide selection of databases, archives, data
centers, and information systems in astronomy as of April 1991. Clear
descriptions are included, together with their scientific context and
motivations. All of the systems described in the book still exist.
Up-to-date access pointers have been added to the abstracts of the
original papers.
This volume is complemented by
Information & On-line
Data in Astronomy, the second book in this series published by
Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Daniel Egret (egret@astro.u-strasbg.fr)
Miguel A. Albrecht (malbrech@eso.org)
Information & On-line data in Astronomy
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Daniel Egret & Miguel A. Albrecht
(Editors)
Last update: Nov 10, 1995