STARCAT

What is STARCAT?

STARCAT is the user interface to the various astronomical databases maintained at the CADC and at the ESO/ST-ECF. To use STARCAT you can either rlogin -l starcat ac1.hq.eso.org, (no password required) or register for an installation of STARCAT on your computer (only available for SUN's).

STARCAT Menu Screens

used for navigation The list of top-level commands within STARCAT. catalogue command form of catalog specification The important groups of STARCAT screens are indicated by the trailing "@groupname" on the complete screen name (e.g. "hr@astrocat"). Some important groups include:

STARCAT Catalogue Screens

Once a STARCAT catalog screen is display, the user has access to two groups of functions:

How to obtain catalog records:

selective retrieval of alphanumeric STARCAT screen data.
display of the data.
writing the data to a user-specified file.
preview
retrieval of spectra or images

What to do with these records once obtained:

Preview of associated image or spectra.
Marking
Plotting
Output

How to get STARCAT

Please consult these instructions to get CADC software.

Please report felications/suggestions/problems to us.

cadc@dao.nrc.ca