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1. Extra-Solar Planetary Systems in the VLT Era

   Radial Velocity surveys have revealed 63 exoplanets (M $\sin{i}$...

   Michel Mayor, Nuno C. Santos in The Origin of Stars and Planets: The VLT View

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2. VO Activities at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

   This paper summarizes the VO activities at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Cfa has expertise covering virtually all branches...

   Giuseppina Fabbiano in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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3. Automatic Detection-Extraction-Classification for a Large Number of Stellar Spectra from Slitless Wide Field Spectroscopy. A Project for AVO

   The distribution of spectral types in extended stellar systems in galaxies can be a powerful mine of information regarding:...

   E. Kontizas, I. Bellas-Velidis, ... R. Smareglia in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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4. The Astronomical Data Warehouse

   The idea of the astronomical data warehouse has arisen as the natural extension of current trends in astronomical data archives, and from an analysis...

   Clive G. Page in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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5. Information Hub of the Russian Virtual Observatory

   The ultimate goal of the Russian Virtual Observatory (RVO) initiative is to provide every astronomer with on-line access to the rich volumes of data...

   Oleg Malkov, Olga Dluzhnevskaya, ... Dana Kovaleva in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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6. The Astronomy Digital Library and the VO

   The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is the central part of the Digital Library in Astronomy. It provides the users with a search system for the...

   Guenther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, ... Stephen S. Murray in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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7. The INTEGRAL Archive at the ISDC

   Katja Pottschmidt, Katja Pottschmidt in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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8. HyperLeda: Virtual Instruments for Extragalactic Astronomy

   HyperLeda offers a series of tools of interest for Galactic and extra-galactic astronomy. The most prominent service is the LEDA catalogue which...

   Philippe Prugniel, Georges Paturel, ... Chantal Petit in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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9. A Practical Approach to Catalogued-Data Visualisation

   Catalogued data is one of the ways information will be collected from VO. The selected material will contain many physical quantities (columns) and...

   Patricio F. Ortiz, Joachim Köppen in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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10. The Russian Virtual Observatory Project Insight

    The main principles and approaches of the Russian Virtual Observatory (RVO) Project are described.

    Vladimir V. Vitkovskij, Olga Zhelenkova, ... Vladimir Shergin in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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11. Visualizing and Analyzing Massive Astronomical Datasets with Partiview

    Partiview is an advanced, real-time visualization tool for multi-dimensional datasets. Developed at NCSA, Partiview has cross-platform compatibility...

    Brian P. Abbott, Carter B. Emmart, ... Charles T. Liu in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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12. e-Science and the Grid

    Many areas of science involve access to distributed computing and data resources, specialized and expensive instruments for world-wide collaborations...

    Marcel Kunze in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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13. The Hamburg/RASS Catalogue of Optical Identifications of ROSAT Bright Source X-Ray Sources

    We used digitized Schmidt direct and prism plates taken for the northern hemisphere Hamburg Quasar Survey (HQS) to obtain optical identifications for...

    F.-J. Zickgraf, D. Engels, ... W. Voges in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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14. Optical Diffuse Light in Nearby Compact Groups

    Analyses of B and R band observations of four compact groups reveal the presence of a considerable amount of diffuse, intergalactic light in two of...

    Cláudia Mendes de Oliveira, Cristiano Da Rocha, ... Michael Bolte in Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems

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15. Multiwavelength Studies of Microquasar GRS 1915 + 105

    The microquasar GRS 1915 + 105 has shown spectacular variability and has been extensively studied in multiwavelengths during last few years. The...

    J. S. Yadav in Toward an International Virtual Observatory

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16. The Formation of Stellar Clusters in Turbulent Molecular Clouds: Effects of the Equation of State

    We study numerically the effect of varying the equation of state (EOS) on the formation of stellar clusters in turbulent molecular clouds. Our...

    Yuexing Li, Ralf S. Klessen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low in Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems

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17. Surveys of the Distant Solar System

    The rapid development in the 1990’s of surveys for distant Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) is reviewed. With 94 TNOs and 9 Centaurs found...

    Alan Fitzsimmons in Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System

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18. Dust Measurements in the Outer Solar System

    Dust measurements in the outer solar system are reviewed. Only the plasma wave instrument on board Voyagers 1 and 2 recorded impacts in the...

    Eberhard Grün, Harald Krüger, Markus Landgraf in Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System

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19. Comet Size Distributions and Distant Activity

    We present the results of observations of distant comet nuclei as observed with the Keck II telescope during 1997 December. Our sample included 17 SP...

    Karen J. Meech, Olivier R. Hainaut, Brian G. Marsden in Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System

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20. Ion Irradiation of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System

    Fluxes of charged particles im**e on matter forming small objects in the outer Solar System during its evolution from (pre)solar grains to...

    Giovanni Strazzulla in Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System

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