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Other NASA Archives:

  • ADS - Astrophysics Data System (archive of astronomy publications) [SAO]
  • EOSDIS - Earth Observing System Data and Information System
  • ExoArchive - NASA Exoplanet Archive [formerly NStED, the NASA/IPAC/MSC Star and Exoplanet Database: JPL/CalTech]
  • HORIZONS - On-Line Solar System Data and Ephemeris Computation Service [JPL/Caltech]
  • IRSA - Infrared Science Archive of IR and sub-mm data [JPL/Caltech]
  • KOA - Keck Observatory Archive [JPL/Caltech]
  • LAMBDA - Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis [GSFC: now part of the HEASARC]
  • MAST - Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (UV, optical and near-IR data) [STScI]
  • NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database [JPL/Caltech]
  • NSSDCA - National Space Science Data Coordinated Archive [GSFC]
  • PDS - Planetary Data System [distributed nodes]
  • SDAC - Solar Data Analysis Center [GSFC]
  • SPDF - Space Physics Data Facility [GSFC]
  • SSC - Spitzer Science Center [JPL/Caltech]

Virtual Observatory Resources

  • HEASARC in the VO - HEASARC Virtual Observatory Resources and Services [HEASARC]
  • IVOA - International Virtual Observatory Alliance [IVOA}
  • NAVO - NASA Astronomical Virtual Observatories [HEASARC/IRSA/MAST/NED]
  • USVAO - US Virtual Astronomical Observatory (USA)

Other Astronomy Archives

  • AAT Data Archive - Anglo-Australian Telescope Data Archive (UK)
  • ADAC - Astronomical Data Archives Center (Japan)
  • ATOA - Australia Telescope Online Archive (Australia)
  • CADC - Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (Canada)
  • CASU ADC - CASU (Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit) Astronomical Data Centre (UK)
  • CDS - Centre de DonnĂ©es astronomiques de Strasbourg: home of Simbad, VizieR, and Aladin (France)
  • DARTS Data Archives and Transmission Service (ISAS/JAXA, Japan)
  • ESAC - European Space Astronomy Center scientific archives (ESA)
  • ESO/ST-ECF SAF - European Southern Observatory/Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility Science Archive Facility (ESO)
  • HSA - Herschel Science Archive (ESA)
  • IDA - ISO Data Archive (ESA)
  • INES - IUE (International Ultraviolet Explorer) Newly Extracted Spectra archive (France)
  • ISDA - ISOC (InteGRAL Science Operations Center) Science Data Archive (ESA)
  • ISSDC - Indian Space Science Data Centre (India)
  • KOA - Keck Observatory Archive (USA)
  • LEDAS - Leicester Database and Archive Service (UK)
  • NRAO Data Archive - National Radio Astronomy Observatory Data Archive (USA)
  • NSA - NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatory) Science Archive (USA)
  • OIRSA - Optical/Infrared Science Archive: this site provide convenient access for searching and downloading spectra obtained from optical/infrared spectrographs residing on CfA's ground-based telescopes. (USA)
  • PLA - Planck Legacy Archive (ESA)
  • SIMBAD - Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data, a service of CDS (France)
  • SDSS - Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Multinational)
  • SSDC - Space Science Data Center (Italy)
  • SSA - SuperCOSMOS Science Archive (UK)
  • XSA - XMM-Newton Science Archive (ESA)
  • 2MASS at IPAC - Two Micron All Sky Survey at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (USA)


Curator:Meredith Gibb