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Databases of Interest to Double– and Multiple–Star Observers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Wayne H. Warren JR.
Wayne H. Warren JR.*
Affiliation:
Hughes STX Corp., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Abstract

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A large collection of machine–readable catalogs containing data for various types of double– and multiple–star systems has become available over the last decade or so. These catalogs can be divided logically into general compilations of multiple–star data for visual systems and other collections of information for particular classes of binaries, such as cataclysmic, eclipsing, interferometric, spectroscopic, etc. A few large databases containing double– and multiple–star data have also become accessible over the last few years. This paper gives a general overview of some of the more important machine–readable catalogs and databases available, and includes a brief description of the information that each contains. The potential for what can become available in the near future, just by incorporating current information into a system providing full data retrieval, is also discussed.

Type
Classical Methods, Catalogs, & Databases
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 135: Complementary Approaches to Double and Multiple Star Research , 1992 , pp. 291 - 298
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1992

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