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Title:
The LAEX and NASA portals for CoRoT public data
Authors:
Solano, E.; von Braun, K.; Velasco, A.; Ciardi, D. R.; Gutiérrez, R.; McElroy, D. L.; López, M.; Abajian, M.; García, M.; Ali, B.; Sarro, L. M.; Berriman, G. B.; Bryden, G.; Chan, B.; Good, J.; Kane, S. R.; Laity, A. C.; Lau, C.; Payne, A. N.; Plavchan, P.; Ramirez, S.; Schmitz, M.; Stauffer, J. R.; Wyatt, P. L.; Zhang, A.
Affiliation:
AA(Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, LAEX, PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain ; Spanish Virtual Observatory Thematic Network, Spain), AB(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AC(Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, LAEX, PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Virtual Observatory Thematic Network, Spain), AD(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AE(Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, LAEX, PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Virtual Observatory Thematic Network, Spain), AF(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AG(Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, LAEX, PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Virtual Observatory Thematic Network, Spain), AH(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AI(Área de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos. Universidad Pablo Olavide. Ctra. de Utrera, km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain ; Spanish Virtual Observatory Thematic Network, Spain), AJ(Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AK(Dpt. de Inteligencia Artificial, UNED, Juan del Rosal, 16, 28040 Madrid, Spain ; Spanish Virtual Observatory Thematic Network, Spain), AL(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AM(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA), AN(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; Raytheon Information Systems, Pasadena, CA, USA), AO(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AP(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AQ(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AR(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; Raytheon Information Systems, Pasadena, CA, USA), AS(Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, USA), AT(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AU(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AV(Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AW(Spitzer Science Center, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AX(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AY(NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, USA ; Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, USA ; California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA)
Publication:
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 506, Issue 1, 2009, pp.455-463 (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2009
Origin:
EDP Sciences
Keywords:
astronomical data bases: miscellaneous, catalogs, surveys, stars: fundamental parameters, planetary systems, stars: variables: general
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/200912386
Bibliographic Code:
2009A&A...506..455S

Abstract

Aims: We describe here the main functionalities of the LAEX (Laboratorio de Astrofísica Estelar y Exoplanetas/Laboratory for Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets) and NASA portals for CoRoT Public Data. The CoRoT archive at LAEX was opened to the community in January 2009 and is managed in the framework of the Spanish Virtual Observatory. NStED (NASA Star and Exoplanet Database) serves as the CoRoT portal for the US astronomical community. NStED is a general purpose stellar and exoplanet archive with the aim of providing support for NASA's planet finding and characterisation goals, and the planning and support of NASA and other space missions. CoRoT data at LAEX and NStED can be accessed at http://sdc.laeff.inta.es/corotfa/ and http://nsted.ipac.caltech.edu, respectively.
Methods: Based on considerable experience with astronomical archives, the aforementioned archives are designed with the aim of delivering science-quality data in a simple and efficient way.
Results: LAEX and NStED not only provide access to CoRoT Public Data but furthermore serve a variety of observed and calculated astrophysical data. In particular, NStED provides scientifically validated information on stellar and planetary data related to the search for and characterization of extrasolar planets, and LAEX makes any information from Virtual Observatory services available to the astronomical community.

CoRoT is a space project operated by the French Space Agency, CNES, with participation of the Science Programme of ESA, ESTEC/RSSD, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, and Spain.


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