Publishing data at CDS
The CDS strongly relies on data published in various astronomical
and astrophysical journals to update databases like SIMBAD and
VizieR.
Authors of these articles can help the CDS team to get and publish
their data.
See the
Data publication page
to get some best practices and tools to help you.
Accessing CDS data
The CDS gives access to many astronomical data such as objects,
catalogues, images and spectra.
Several services are available to search for and to get these data.
Here are the main services:
You can find information about the CDS and its activities
in the
About section
.
Various help material is available in the
Help section
of this website.
Specifically about how to access data,
Tutorials
,
services documentations
and
tools and API documentation
are
available. You can also find more precise help on a specific service
on its own website, or on a specific tool in its GitHub repository
(if any).
You might also find answers in the
Frequently Asked Questions page
.
If you still need help, do not hesitate
to send us an email
.