The Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (CDS - Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg) celebrates in 2022 its 50 years of operations.

We take this opportunity to update the community on the capabilities of services and tools provided by the CDS, in particular its reference services (SIMBAD, VizieR and Aladin), but also recent developments including the CDS Portal, the CDS fast catalogue cross match service, and access to hundreds of all-sky image surveys. Access to CDS services via Python and TAP (Table Access Protocol), and the management of spatial and temporal coverage of data collections will be demonstrated.

Special attention will be given to explaining the role of CDS services in the publication of data from refereed astronomy journals. Presentations will highlight the best practices for authors to facilitate the efficient ingestion of data from their publications into the CDS services, and a dedicated discussion time will be allocated for community feedback.

(As an informational lunch session all presentations will be provided by CDS)

Programme

• CDS - 50 years of providing services to the astronomy community
• SIMBAD - Astronomical objects compilation
• CDS - Time Domain innovations

Invited speakers

• Cécile Loup (CDS)
• Ada Nebot (CDS)
• Sébastien Derriere (CDS)

Scientific organisers

• Sébastien Derriere (CDS)
• Mark Allen (CDS)
• Cécile Loup (CDS)
• Ada Nebot (CDS)
• Thierry Forveille (Observatoire de Grenoble Institut de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble -- CDS Scientific council member)

Contact

mark.allen @ astro.unistra.fr