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Resource Record Summary

Catalog Service:
Combined General Catalogue of Variable Stars

Short name: II/250
IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/250Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]
More Info: http://cdsarc.unistra.fr/cgi-bin/cat/II/250
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Status: active
Registered: 2008 Nov 12 16:49:41Z
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Description


The GCVS is the only reference source on all known variable stars. This version contains all of the electronically-readable version as distributed by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and Institute of Astronomy (Russian Acad.Sci.), Moscow. It includes the catalog of variable stars, updated and completed with the Name-Lists of Variables Stars Nos.67-77 (see IBVS No.2681,1985; No.3058,1987; No.3323,1989; No.3530,1990; No.3840,1993; No.4140,1995; No.4471,1997; No.4659, 1999; No.4870, 2000; No.5135, 2001; No.5422, 2003) a catalog of suspected variables, a cross-index of variable star names, a catalog of extragalactic variables, and a catalog of supernovae.

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About the Resource Providers

This section describes who is responsible for this resource

Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

Creators:
Samus N.N.Durlevich O.V.et al.

Contact Information:
X CDS support team
Email: cds-question at unistra.fr
Address: CDS
Observatoire de Strasbourg
11 rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France

Status of This Resource

This section provides some status information: the resource version, availability, and relevant dates.

Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.
  • This service provides only public data.
Relevant dates for this Resource:
  • Updated: 2017 Sep 19 14:23:45Z
  • Created: 2008 Nov 12 16:49:41Z

This resource was registered on: 2008 Nov 12 16:49:41Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

What This Resource is About

This section describes what the resource is, what it contains, and how it might be relevant.

Resource Class: CatalogService
This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.
Resource type keywords:
  • Catalog
Subject keywords:
  • Variable stars
  • Supernovae
Intended audience or use:
  • Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: http://cdsarc.unistra.fr/cgi-bin/cat/II/250 Literature Reference: 2004yCat.2250....0S

Related Resources:

Other Related Resources
TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID]
B/gcvs(IsPreviousVersionOf) ivo://CDS.VizieR/B/gcvs [Res. ID]
Conesearch service(IsServedBy)
http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/ : the GCVS Group Home Page ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/218 [Res. ID]

Data Coverage Information

This section describes the data's coverage over the sky, frequency, and time.

Wavebands covered:

  • Optical

Rights and Usage Information

This section describes the rights and usage information for this data.

Rights:

Available Service Interfaces

Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
  • URL-based interface: http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=II/250
Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://tapvizier.u-strasbg.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table II/250/nsv_cat (The Suspected Variable stars and Supplement)
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/II/250/nsv_cat?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table II/250/evs_cat (Extragalactic Variable Stars. Catalogue (Vol. V))
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/II/250/evs_cat?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table II/250/sn_cat (Extragalactic supernovae. Catalogue)
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/II/250/sn_cat?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table II/250/gcvs_cat (The GCVS4.2 Catalog (Vol. I-III))
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/II/250/gcvs_cat?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.


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