Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center

Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS) is dedicated to the collection and worldwide distribution of astronomical data and related information. Alongside data curation and service maintenance responsibilities, the CDS undertakes R&D activities that are fundamental to ensure the long term sustainability in a domain in which technology evolves very quickly. R&D areas include informatics, big data, and development of the astronomical Virtual Observatory (VO). CDS is a major actor in the VO with leading roles in European VO projects, the French Virtual Observatory and the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA). The CDS hosts the SIMBAD astronomical database, the world reference database for the identification of astronomical objects; VizieR, the catalogue service for the CDS reference collection of astronomical catalogues and tables published in academic journals; and the Aladin interactive software sky atlas for access, visualization and analysis of astronomical images, surveys, catalogues, databases and related data.

斯特拉斯堡天文数据中心（CDS）致力于天文学数据的收集及全球范围内的分发。在承担数据整理和服务维护职责的同时，CDS还从事着确保该领域长期可持续性的基础性研究与开发活动，而该领域的技术发展迅速。研究与开发领域涵盖信息学、大数据以及天文虚拟观测台（VO）的开发。CDS作为VO领域的主要参与者，在欧盟VO项目、法国虚拟观测台以及国际虚拟观测台联盟（IVOA）中扮演着领导角色。CDS托管SIMBAD天文数据库，这是识别天体对象的全球参考数据库；VizieR，为CDS参考收藏的天文目录和表格出版的学术期刊提供目录服务；以及Aladin交互式软件天文图集，用于访问、可视化与分析天文图像、调查、目录、数据库及相关数据。