European Astronomical Society (EAS) Annual Meeting
CDS Lunch Session, 2 July, 2020

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Aims and scope

This session is intended to update the community on the services and tools provided by the Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (CDS - Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg). The session will highlight the capabilities the CDS reference services (SIMBAD, VizieR and Aladin). Major evolutions in CDS services, including the CDS Portal, the CDS fast catalogue cross match service, access to 100s of all-sky image surveys, and use of CDS services via python will be demonstrated.

Special attention will be given to explaining the role of CDS services in the publication of data from refereed astronomy journals. Presentations will highlight the best practices for authors to facilitate the efficient ingestion of data from their publications into the CDS services, and a dedicated discussion time will be allocated for community feedback.

Programme

See the presentation files below.

• CDS reference services for the global astronomy community
• SIMBAD - building and maintaining the reference database of astronomical objects from the literature
• VizieR - Make your data visible: catalogues and associated data
• CDS and Python
• Discussion - best practices and community feedback

Mark Allen (CDS, Chair), Pierre Ocvirk (CDS), Cécile Loup (CDS), Katharina Lutz (CDS, Facilitator), Thierry Forveille (external CDS Scientific Council)

Anais Oberto (CDS, Panel member) , Esther Collas (CDS, Panel Member), Marianne Brouty (CDS, Facilitator, Panel Memeber), Emmanualle Perret (CDS, Panel Member)

-- MarkAllen - 2020-07-07