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Binary Star Database (BDB): New Developments and Applications

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Binary star DataBase (BDB) is the database of binary/multiple systems of various observational types. BDB contains data on physical and positional parameters of 260,000 components of 120,000 stellar systems of multiplicity 2 to more than 20, taken from a large variety of published catalogues and databases. We describe the new features in organization of the database, integration of new catalogues and implementation of new possibilities available to users. The development of the BDB index-catalogue, Identification List of Binaries, is discussed. This star catalogue provides cross-referencing between most popular catalogues of binary stars. We describe ideas and methods for reliable cross-identification of different entities (systems, pairs, components) in binary and multiple stellar systems.

Source: Data

DOI: 10.3390/data3040039

Authors: Oleg Malkov, Aleksey Karchevsky, Pavel Kaygorodov, Dana Kovaleva, Nikolay Skvortsov

Institutions: Institute of Astronomy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,930

Funders: Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Academy of Sciences