Catalog Service: Constellation Boundary Data
Description
A computer readable catalog of constellation boundary data is presented in a form suitable for the construction of star charts and atlases. Two data files are available, one for equator and equinox 1875 and the other for equator and equinox 2000. In addition to the data files a documentation file is available that includes a table listing the abbreviations used for the constellations as well as a more detailed discussion of the preparation of the catalog. The present catalog of constellation boundary data is complementary to that of Roman (1987). Roman's catalog should be used to determine in which constellation an object lies in. The present catalog is more suited to the construction of star charts and atlases. Both catalogs were based on Delporte (1930).
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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]
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This resource was registered on: 2009 Aug 29 12:30:00ZThis resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z
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This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.
This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.
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.
Cone search capability for table VI/49/bound_18 (Boundaries for B1875 (original file))
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Cone search capability for table VI/49/bound_20 (Boundaries for J2000)
Cone search capability for table VI/49/constbnd (*Boundaries for B1875 with adjacent constellations)
Developed with the support of the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement AST0122449 with the Johns Hopkins University The NAVO project is a member of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance
This NAVO Application is hosted by the Space Telescope Science Institute