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Astrocat - A simple catalog query service

Astrocat provides simplified catalog queries of a selection of astronomical catalogs.

Available catalogs

The following catalogs are currently available through this astrocat interface:

• Abell 1989 Rich Clusters of Galaxies
• Rotation curves of early-type galaxies (Courteau+, 1997)
• Guide Star Catalog, Version 2.3.2
• Hipparcos Main Catalog
• IRAS catalogue of Point Sources, Version 2.0
• IRAS Low Resolution Survey
• Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (13th Ed.) (Veron+ 2010)
• USNO A2 Catalog

Some documentation is available for astrocat's query parameters and input and output formats.

This service makes use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, created at the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, France.