Where and how to store data on-line? - Astrophysics

NED NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

  • Field(s) Astrophysics
  • Website http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/
  • Carrier institution IPAC (Infrared Processing and Analysis Center), NASA, Caltech (California Institute of Technology)
  • Link to publications

    Mandatory

  • Certification Uncertified
  • License

    No license specification. All content is freely accessible

  • Possibility of embargo

    No

  • Metadata standard

    Metadata for images comply with the SIA standard (Simple Image Access) of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA)

  • Versioning Non
  • Type of data

    Images, spectra, photometric data, positions, various information about extragalactic objects, redshift, etc. See here for possible database search types.

  • Related Services

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    On-line tools such as velocity calculators, cosmological calculators, etc.

  • Volume Volume unspecified.
  • Cost Free
  • Comments

    Contact database manager to make a deposit.

  • Contacts

    https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/contact/NED