Data Sources, Archives, Repositories
Atlas of Stellar Spectra
Stellar spectral atlas and introduction to the field
Astrophysics at the NSSDC
NASA Astrophysics section at the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
CCMC: Community Coordinated Modeling Center
The CCMC is a multi-agency partnership to enable, support and perform the research and development for next-generation space science and space weather models.
CDPP : Plasma Physics Data Center
Plasma Physics data center and archives (French)
Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg
Provides the SIMBAD object database, VIZIERcatalogue service, and the Aladin Sky Atlas Tool
HEASARC: NASA High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) is the primary archive for high-energy astronomy missions, in the extreme ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma-ray wavelengths
IPAC: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Science and Data Center for Infrared Astronomy
High Altitude Observatory Data Archive
The High Altitude Observatory (HAO), through its collaboration with scientists and scientific organizations around the world is recognized as a premier authority on Sun and Sun-Earth studies
IRSA: NASA / IPAC Infrared Science Archive
Archive for NASA's Infrared and submillimeter data
ISO: Infrared Space Observatory
Site and Data Archive for the The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) which was the world's first true orbiting infrared observatory and was equipped with four highly-sophisticated and versatile scientific instruments
LAMBDA: Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data
Cosmic Microwave Background data archives including WMAP, COBE, Relikt, IRAS, SWAS
MAST
The Multimission Archive at STScI is a NASA funded project to support and provide to the astronomical community a variety of astronomical data archives, with the primary focus on scientifically related data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum
NASA Ames Astrochemistry
Astrochemistry at the NASA Ames astrochemistry research lab
NASA Astronomical Data Center
Astronomy data, catalogs, and journal tables
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Search tool for NASA technical reports and publications
NASA Planetary Data System
The Planetary Data System archives and distributes scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements. The Planetary Data System is sponsored by NASA's Office of Space Science
NASA Space Physics Data Facility
The Space Physics Data Facility is a project of the Heliospheric Physics Laboratory (HPL) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) consists of web-based services for survey and high resolution data, trajectories, and modeling software
National Space Science Data System
Space Science Mission Data - NASA's permanent archive for space science mission data
NED: NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
Master list of extragalactic objects for which cross-identifications of names have been established, accurate positions and redshifts entered to the extent possible, and some basic data collected
NESDIS : National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NGDC's Mission is to provide long-term scientific data stewardship for the Nation's geophysical data, ensuring quality, integrity, and accessibility. Boulder, Colorado
Network Generator
Tool to help astrophysicists building up nuclear reaction networks by generating tables of nuclear reaction rates on temperature grids
NOAO: National Optical Astronomy Observatory Data Products Program
NVO node for the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Nuclear Astrophysics Data
Nuclear astrophysics reference data, reaction rates, masses, chemical & isotopic data, decay, and a Q-value calculator.
Michelson Science Center at Cal Tech
The Michelson Science Center is a science operations and analysis service organization for selected NASA Origins Theme projects and the scientists and engineers that use them
SDAC : Solar Data Analysis Center
Solar Data Analysis Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland USA
SIMBAD
Smithsonian / NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 5.6 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable
Spitzer Science Center
Instrument site and data center for the Spitzer Space Telescope
US National Virtual Observatory
NVO's objective is to enable new science by greatly enhancing access to data and computing resources. The National Virtual Observatory makes it easy to locate, retrieve, and analyze data from archives and catalogs worldwide
US Naval Observatory Astronomical Data Services, Almanacs, and Calculators
Precise astronomical data for practical applications, serving the defense, scientific, commercial, and civilian communities
See Also:
FITS Support Office
Support page for the FITS file format. Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) is an astronomical Image and Table Format
Astrophysics Source Code Library
The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL or ASCL.net) is a free, on-line library housing source codes of all sizes that are of interest to astrophysicists. All ASCL.net source codes have been used to generate results published in or submitted to a refereed journal.
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