The BeStars project contains (1) the complete catalogue of classical Be stars, BeSC, with some of their fundamental stellar parameters, and (2) a database, BeSS, which assembles classical Be star spectra obtained by professional and amateur astronomers at any wavelength, epoch, and spectral resolution.
The principal research topics of the GEPI (Galaxy - Star - Physics - Instrumentation) Laboratory are the formation and evolution of stars in our Galaxy as well as in numerous other galaxies, which constitute the luminous matter (baryonic matter) component of the Universe. This research calls upon many disciplines, from chemistry to physics, from instrumentation to data-processing engineering, and from project management to financial management within an international framework.
The IMCCE is a research institute of the Paris Observatory, associated with the CNRS (UMR8028), whose work concerns mainly the dynamic and planetologic studies of the bodies of the solar system and of the terrestrial environment: planets, natural satellites, asteroids, comets, meteoroids and space debris. The IMCCE, through its VO Solar System Portal, places at the disposal of the Virtual observatory its knowledge and its expertise which concern the dynamics and the physics of the bodies of the solar system through databases, ephemeris computation services, tools of simulation, and numerical computation services fully compliant with the interoperability concept of the Virtual Observatory.
Laboratorio de Astrofisica Espacial y Fisica Fundemental
Short Name:
LAEFF
Date:
04 Apr 2008 11:10:03
Publisher:
INTA/LAEFF
Description:
LAEFF (Laboratory for Space Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics) was founded in 1991 as a collaboration between INTA, CSIC and ESA, and was located at VILSPA to allow for closer interaction with the ESA astronomical activities (IUE, ISO, XMM,...). Research at LAEFF is carried out in different areas of astrophysics, as astroparticle physics, interstellar medium, brown dwarfs and solar, stellar and extragalactic physics. LAEFF is also responsible for the radio astronomical use of the antennas in the Robledo de Chavela station. LAEFF participates in the development of diferent space projects such as OMC-INTEGRAL, EURD, LEGRI and EDDINGTON. LAEFF is also involved in the development and maintenance of Astronomical Data Archives of space missions (INES, OMC) and ground-based telescopes (GAUDI) in the framework of the Virtual Observatory project.
