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Using the COSMOS/UKST Southern Sky Object Catalogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Michael J. Drinkwater ,
David G. Barnes  and
Sara L. Ellison
Michael J. Drinkwater
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW 2357, Australia. [email protected]
David G. Barnes
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. [email protected]
Sara L. Ellison
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW 2357, Australia. [email protected] Physics Department, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, England. [email protected]
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Abstract

A complete copy of the compressed COSMOS/UKST Southern Sky Object Catalogue is now available on-line at the Anglo-Australian Observatory and the Australia Telescope National Facility. The catalogue lists image parameters for all objects detected to a limit of BJ ≈ 21·5 in the UK Schmidt Southern Sky Survey. We have written software to access the catalogue efficiently and generate finding charts or text listings of the image parameters. In this paper we describe the software and give some examples of its use. We also discuss the astrometric precision of the catalogue.

Keywords

astronomical databasesmiscellaneous — catalogs — astrometry
Type
Instruments, Techniques and Basic Measurements
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , August 1995 , pp. 248 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1995

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