Binary Star Database (BDB): New Developments and Applications

Oleg Malkov; Aleksey Karchevsky; Pavel Kaygorodov; Dana Kovaleva; Nikolay Skvortsov

doi:10.3390/data3040039

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Binary Star Database (BDB): New Developments and Applications

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

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Oleg Malkov: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
Aleksey Karchevsky: Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Pavel Kaygorodov: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
Dana Kovaleva: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
Nikolay Skvortsov: Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/data3040039
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
p. 39

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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 (ILB), is discussed. This star catalogue provides cross-referencing between most popular catalogues of binary stars.

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ISSN: 2306-5729 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Bibliography. Library science. Information resources
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