The SIMBAD astronomical database. The CDS reference database for astronomical objects

By M. Wenger, F. Ochsenbein, D. Egret, P. Dubois, F. Bonnarel, S. Borde, F. Genova, G. Jasniewicz, S. Laloe, S. Lesteven and 1 more. 2000

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Simbad is the reference database for identification and bibliography of astronomical objects. It contains identifications, “basic data”, bibliography, and selected observational measurements for several million astronomical objects.  Simbad is developed and maintained by CDS, Strasbourg. Building the database contents is achieved with the help of several contributing institutes. Scanning the bibliography is the result of the collaboration of CDS with bibliographers in Observatoire de Paris (DASGAL), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, and Observatoire de Bordeaux. When selecting catalogues and tables for inclusion, priority is given to optimal multi-wavelength coverage of the database, and to support of research developments linked to large projects. In parallel, the systematic scanning of the bibliography reflects the diversity and general trends of astronomical research. A WWW interface to Simbad is available at: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad.

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The SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey (2024, positive): “We thus manually identified the correspondence of each of the ∼ 80 localised overdensities to astrophysical sources, using the SIMBAD database (Wenger et al. 2000).”
STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. I. MAIN-SEQUENCE A, F, AND G STARS (2011, neutral): “– 33 – – 34 – c SIMBAD (Wenger et al. 2000) dHolmberg et al. (2007), when available.”
Second ROSAT all-sky survey (2RXS) source catalogue (2016, methodology): “This research has made extensive use of the SIMBAD database and of the VizieR catalogue access tool, both operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France (see descriptions in Wenger et al. (2000) and Ochsenbein et al. (2000)).”
On the Spectral Evolution of Hot White Dwarf Stars. I. A Detailed Model Atmosphere Analysis of Hot White Dwarfs from SDSS DR12 (2020, methodology): “…Data System Bibliographic Services; the Montreal White Dwarf Database (Dufour et al. 2017); the SIMBAD database, operated at the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (Wenger et al. 2000); and the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, operated at the California Institute of Technology.”
Gaia Data Release 2 (2018, methodology): “Only for 53 nearby HIPPARCOS sources was it taken into account by assuming non-zero values of vr taken from the literature (SIMBAD; Wenger et al. 2000).”
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. V. X-Ray Properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN Catalog (2017, methodology): “…of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000); the Aladin sky atlas, developed at CDS, Strasbourg Observatory, France (Bonnarel et al. 2000; Boch & Fernique 2014); Astropy, a…”
The coronal X-ray - age relation and its implications for the evaporation of exoplanets (2011, neutral): “4 simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad; see also Wenger et al. (2000)”
SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF COOL STARS: EXTENDED ABUNDANCE ANALYSIS OF 1,617 PLANET-SEARCH STARS (2016, methodology): “Columns (31)-(34) are literature values from the SIMBAD database (Wenger et al. 2000) and the Hipparcos catalog (van Leeuwen, F. 2007).”
SURVEYING THE BRIGHT STARS BY OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY. I. A SEARCH FOR MULTIPLICITY AMONG STARS OF SPECTRAL TYPES F-K (2016, methodology): “Cols. (1) and (2): HR (Hoffleit & Warren 1991) and FK5 (Fricke et al. 1988) numbers, as per the NPOI scheduling and archiving software, or from the SIMBAD database (Wenger et al. 2000).”