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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="https://cds.unistra.fr/xsl/rss.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>News only about SIMBAD</title> <link>https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr</link> <description>Recent news about SIMBAD.</description> <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator> <language>en</language> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 05:04:05 +0200</lastBuildDate> <atom:link href="https://cds.unistra.fr/news/simbad.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>SPECFIND 3.0 ingested into SIMBAD</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2024/10/08-specfind3-in-simbad/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2024/10/08-specfind3-in-simbad/</guid> <description><p>The SPECFIND cross-identifications based on 220 VizieR radio continuum tables (<a href="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=VIII/104"target="_blank" rel="noopener">SPECFIND 3.0 catalog</a>) are now ingested into SIMBAD. During this operation 180 thousand new radio continuum objects were created in SIMBAD and one million radio continuum identifiers were added to the database. Furthermore, the cross-identification between SPECFIND 3.0 and SIMBAD resulted in <a href="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=VIII/104/simbadz"target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 thousand new redshifts</a> for radio continuum sources.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>A new access to SIMBAD TAP in astroquery</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2024/04/05-access-simbad-tap-from-astroquery/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 23:00:02 +0200</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2024/04/05-access-simbad-tap-from-astroquery/</guid> <description><p>The latest version of the python library <a href="https://astroquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">astroquery</a> (v0.4.7) ships a new access to SIMBAD TAP.</p> <p>The detailed documentation is on <a href="https://astroquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simbad/simbad.html#query-tap"target="_blank" rel="noopener">astroquery's page</a>, but here is a quick preview of some of the new functionalities:</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Service outage (June 2023)</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2023/06/22-service-outage-june-2023-/</link> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:01:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2023/06/22-service-outage-june-2023-/</guid> <description><p>A major reorganisation of the CDS machine room will take place on 27 and 28 June. Some of CDS services may be interrupted for a few hours during this period. If necessary, use the service mirrors (notably: simbad.harvard.edu, vizier.cfa.harvard.edu and alaskybis.cds.unistra.fr (HiPS)...).</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Reorganized list of object types</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2022/05/20-reorganized-list-of-object-types/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 13:03:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2022/05/20-reorganized-list-of-object-types/</guid> <description><p>Beginning of June, the <strong>historical list of object types in SIMBAD will be replaced by a reorganized list</strong>, based on physical properties, and on the evolutionary stage for stars. It will enable a more interactive search, and will provide minimal definitions. The hierarchies between object types will evolve: for instance, a RR Lyrae Star will still be in the hierarchy of Variable Stars, and also in the hierarchy of Horizontal Branch Stars.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Network troubleshooting</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2021/03/15-network-troubleshooting/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2021/03/15-network-troubleshooting/</guid> <description><p>A major intervention will take place on the university network which ensures our connection to the Internet in the morning of this Thursday, March 18, 2021. The links to our sites in Strasbourg will probably be perturbed during this time. Our mirror sites will not be impacted. Do not hesitate to use them in case of trouble (simbad.harvard.edu, <a href="http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/</a>, ...)</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Troubleshooting on the University of Strasbourg network</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2020/10/12-troubleshooting-on-the-university-of-strasbourg-network/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:18:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2020/10/12-troubleshooting-on-the-university-of-strasbourg-network/</guid> <description><p>The University of Strasbourg is reorganizing its computer network. Consequently, all CDS services in Strasbourg (Simbad, VizieR, Aladin, etc.) will be inaccessible on Oct 12 from 10 p.m. to midnight, and from Oct 14 from 10 p.m. to Oct 15 at 4 a.m. (UTC + 1). All the CDS mirror sites will remain accessible, in particular simbad.harvard.edu and vizier.cfa.harvard.edu, vizier.iucaa.in, ... We apologize for any inconvenience.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Downtime</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2020/10/12-downtime/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:19:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2020/10/12-downtime/</guid> <description><p>Simbad will be down during about 2 hours at 22:00 (UTC+1) the 12th of october due to University management.</p> <p>Sorry for this inconvenience, please use the mirror website :</p> <p><a href="http://simbad.cfa.harvard.edu/simbad/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://simbad.cfa.harvard.edu/simbad/</a></p></description> </item> <item> <title>Simbad Downtime on 24-Jan</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2019/01/23-simbad-downtime-on-24-jan/</link> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:19:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2019/01/23-simbad-downtime-on-24-jan/</guid> <description><p>Due to hardware issue, the 24th of January the simbad service should be redirected temporarly to the mirror :</p> <p><a href="http://simbad.cfa.harvard.edu/simbad/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://simbad.cfa.harvard.edu/simbad/</a></p> <p>Sorry in advance for this downtime</p></description> </item> <item> <title>TAP new feature: improvement of the object names normalisation</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2018/10/26-tap-new-feature-improvement-of-the-object-names-normalisation/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2018/10/26-tap-new-feature-improvement-of-the-object-names-normalisation/</guid> <description><p>A new feature in SIMBAD TAP allows you to submit a list of object names (e.g. by uploading your own table ; cf the documentation) and let SIMBAD try to find the correct identifier in SIMBAD.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Cross-identification of SIMBAD with Gaia DR2</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2018/06/29-cross-identification-of-simbad-with-gaia-dr2/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:29:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2018/06/29-cross-identification-of-simbad-with-gaia-dr2/</guid> <description><p>Cross-identification of SIMBAD with Gaia DR2</p> <p>The cross-identification between the SIMBAD database and the ESA Gaia mission Data Release 2 has been successfully performed on June 30, 2018, on about 4.5 million objects.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Simbad Tap upgrade</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2018/05/22-simbad-tap-upgrade/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 15:52:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2018/05/22-simbad-tap-upgrade/</guid> <description><p>The new TAP library (2.2 version) is now deployed on Simbad.</p> <p>Please send to <a href="mailto:cds-question@astro.unistra.fr">cds-question@astro.unistra.fr</a> your feedback if you encounter any problem.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Gaia identifiers change</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/11/21-gaia-identifiers-change/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 23:11:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/11/21-gaia-identifiers-change/</guid> <description><p>The acronym <strong><code>Gaia</code></strong> is going to be changed in Simbad into <strong><code>Gaia DR1</code></strong>.</p> <p>The acronym <strong><code>Gaia NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN</code></strong> is going to be changed in Simbad into <strong><code>Gaia DR1 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN</code></strong>. The number is based on the HEALPix tessellation sky pixel indexing. For some stars this number will change between Gaia DR1 and DR2; the same number could even correspond to two different stars. For a few months Simbad will automatically interpret &quot;Gaia&quot; as &quot;Gaia DR1&quot;. But shortly before the release of Gaia DR2 the synonym will be canceled, so that users will have to specify the version number in their requests.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Parallax measurements</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/09/29-parallax-measurements/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:09:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/09/29-parallax-measurements/</guid> <description><p>Due to a better accuracy in the measurements of parallax, values and errors are now stored in <code>mas.yr-1</code> (instead of <code>arcsec</code> before)</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Simbad downtime</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/08/30-simbad-downtime/</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:11:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/08/30-simbad-downtime/</guid> <description><p>Simbad will be down during about 15 minutes at 12:00 (UTC+2) the 30 of august.</p> <p>Sorry for this inconvenience, please use the mirror website :</p> <p><a href="http://simbad.cfa.harvard.edu/simbad/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://simbad.cfa.harvard.edu/simbad/</a></p></description> </item> <item> <title>Extragalactic and Radio Astronomy Postdoctoral Position</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/07/03-extragalactic-and-radio-astronomy-postdoctoral-position/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:36:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/07/03-extragalactic-and-radio-astronomy-postdoctoral-position/</guid> <description><p>The Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (Centre de Donn茅es astronomiques de Strasbourg, CDS) is opening a postdoctoral position (1 year, renewable) in extragalactic and radio astronomy.</p> <p>The CDS is an astronomy data centre that is hosted by the Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory in Strasbourg, France. The CDS is dedicated to the collection and distribution of astronomical data and information, and the development of innovative techniques for scientific exploitation of large data sets. The CDS hosts the SIMBAD reference database; the VizieR service for astronomical catalogues and data published in academic journals; the Aladin interactive sky atlas; a fast catalogue cross-matching service and the CDS portal. The CDS also contributes to the development of the Virtual Observatory (For more information see <a href="http://cds.unistra.fr"target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://cds.unistra.fr</a>).</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Deletion of out-of-date measurements in Simbad</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/04/04-deletion-of-out-of-date-measurements-in-simbad/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 11:35:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/04/04-deletion-of-out-of-date-measurements-in-simbad/</guid> <description><p>Some measurements coming from catalogues IRAS, IRC, SAO, CL.g (ACO), GJ</p> <p>will no longer exists directly in Simbad in the &quot;measurements&quot; category.</p> <p>Please, go on <a href="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/</a> if you search data on these</p></description> </item> <item> <title>MOC output in TAP</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/03/28-moc-output-in-tap/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:08:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/03/28-moc-output-in-tap/</guid> <description><p>The MOC (Multi Order Coverage) standard is now available in output formats in TAP queries.</p> <p>Please send us your feedback to <a href="mailto:cds-question@astro.unistra.fr">cds-question@astro.unistra.fr</a></p> <p><img src="/news/2017/03/28-moc-output-in-tap/MocTAP.png"></p></description> </item> <item> <title>Downtime on April 3</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/03/27-downtime-on-april-3/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:10:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/03/27-downtime-on-april-3/</guid> <description><p>A down-time is scheduled for all Strasbourg sites for CDS services (including SIMBAD) on Monday April 3, starting at 7h00 CET (5h00 GMT) and lasting for 6 to 10 hours.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>CDS Services interruption on April 3, 2017</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/02/03-cds-services-interruption-on-april-3-2017/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:11:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/02/03-cds-services-interruption-on-april-3-2017/</guid> <description><p>A major upgrade of all electrical systems at the Strasbourg Observatory will result in a complete power outage scheduled on Monday, April 3, 2017, starting at 07:00 CET (5:00 a.m. GMT), and lasting 6 to 10 hours.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>HTTPS support</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/01/27-https-support/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:42:15 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2017/01/27-https-support/</guid> <description><p>Secure Web protocol HTTPS is now available for SIMBAD.</p> <p>The queries can be sent to SIMBAD through HTTPS or HTTP as you need.</p> <p><a href="https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr"target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr</a></p></description> </item> <item> <title>Link from SIMBAD to VizieR</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/10/04-link-from-simbad-to-vizier/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:39:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/10/04-link-from-simbad-to-vizier/</guid> <description><p>From the SIMBAD object web page, clickable VizieR icons associated to identifiers (object names) give direct</p> <p>access to the entry of the objects in VizieR catalogue.</p> <p><img src="/news/2016/10/04-link-from-simbad-to-vizier/Vizier-icon-ex.png"></p> <p>From VizieR you will be able to access pusblished catalogue data and their description.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>CDS network outage on May 30th 2016</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/05/27-cds-network-outage-on-may-30th-2016/</link> <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 15:55:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/05/27-cds-network-outage-on-may-30th-2016/</guid> <description><p>Due to an equipment upgrade on RENATER network, all CDS services hosted at Strasbourg (Simbad main data base, VizieR main data base Aladin image server, Web sites, ...) will be unreachable during 30 minutes on Monday 30 May 2016 sometime between 6 and 8am local time (between 4 and 6am GMT).</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Postdoctoral Researcher position</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/03/22-postdoctoral-researcher-position/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:38:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/03/22-postdoctoral-researcher-position/</guid> <description><p><strong>CDS-ASTERICS Postdoctoral Researcher Position</strong></p> <p>The Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (Centre de Donn茅es astronomiques de Strasbourg, CDS) is opening a postdoctoral position (1 year, renewable) to work within the CDS on the <a href="https://www.asterics2020.eu/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">ASTERICS</a> project.</p></description> </item> <item> <title>CDS network outage 10mn 14/1/2016</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/01/12-cds-network-outage-10mn-14-1-2016/</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:12:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2016/01/12-cds-network-outage-10mn-14-1-2016/</guid> <description><p>Dear CDS users,</p> <p>Due to a CDS network equipment technical upgrade, all CDS services hosted at Strasbourg (Simbad main data base, VizieR main data base Aladin image server, Web sites, ...) will be unreachable during 10mn on Thursday 14 January 2016 around 8:30pm (local time).</p></description> </item> <item> <title>Measurements of proper-motion are now in mas.yr-1</title> <link>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2015/11/30-measurements-of-proper-motion-are-now-in-mas-yr-1/</link> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid>https://cds.unistra.fr/news/2015/11/30-measurements-of-proper-motion-are-now-in-mas-yr-1/</guid> <description><p>Due to a better accuracy in the measurements of proper-motions, values are now stored in <code>mas.yr-1</code> (instead of <code>arcsec</code> before)</p></description> </item> </channel> </rss>