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Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) is dedicated to the collection and worldwide distribution of astronomical data and related information.
https://cds.unistra.fr
CDS is participating in the American Astronomical Society meeting #AAS245 in National Harbour, Maryland USA. Come by the booth for a demo of the latest features in CDS services!
ADASS 2024 presentation by Manon Marchand on iPyaladin

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If you missed Manon Marchand's recent #ADASS2024 talk on #iPyaladin, you can access it from here !
https://youtu.be/E98vouSlbU4
ADASS 2024 presentation by Manon Marchand on iPyaladin

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The number of objects in SIMBAD has passed the 20 million milestone !
https://cds.unistra.fr/blog/2024/11/25-simbad-20-million/
20 million objects in SIMBAD

In November 2024, the number of distinct astronomical objects in SIMBAD passed the 20 million milestone.

Final day of #ADASS2024 : Manon Marchand (CDS) is presenting the #ipyaladin widget.
Don't hesitate to try it, and send feedback !
https://github.com/cds-astro/ipyaladin/
GitHub - cds-astro/ipyaladin: An IPython Widget for Aladin Lite, the sky viewer.

An IPython Widget for Aladin Lite, the sky viewer. - cds-astro/ipyaladin

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After Mark Taylor (TOPCAT developer) used Aladin Desktop, Pierre Fernique (Aladin Desktop developer) uses TOPCAT in front of the audience during the "Usability and User Experience in astronomical Software" BoF in #ADASS2024 #astronomy
On Wednesday, Thomas Boch is presenting during the #ADASS2024 BoF on Usability and User Experience in astronomical Software, together with Fenja Schweder and Kai Polsterer. #astronomy
CDS is actively participating in the #ADASS2024 conference in Malta this week. On Tuesday, Sébastien Derriere presented work on improving links between the IUE observation log and the SIMBAD database.
Pooja Sharma made a video version of the tutorial that was given at the IAU 2024 "VO workshop for African astronomers" side-event. It is available on YouTube (https://youtu.be/2dC1R7PnuU4) and POD (https://pod.unistra.fr/video/57005-introduction-to-the-main-cds-services/)
Introduction to the main CDS services

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When a serendipitous discovery with #AladinLite leads to a Nature paper !
https://astro.unistra.fr/en/2024/10/30/serendipitous-discovery-with-aladin-lite/
Serendipitous discovery with Aladin Lite - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg

An American team has just published an article in Nature highlighting the presence of a third star orbiting the high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) V404 Cygni. The discovery of this third distant companion suggests that the stellar black hole at the heart of the X-ray binary may have formed without a supernova explosion, which would be […]

Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg