Online Resources: Catalogs, Surveys, Computer Codes

General Catalogs and Databases

• AAVSO - American Association of Variable Star Observers
• ADPS - Asiago Database on Photometric Systems
• BDB - Binary star DataBase
• Brno database - Database of Eclipsing Binaries
• CALEB - Catalog and Atlas of Eclipsing Binaries
• CDS - Centre de Donnee Stellaires, Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre
• CEV - Catalogue of Eclipsing Variables
• CVcat - Catalogue of Cataclysmic Variables
• DEBCat - Detached Eclipsing Binary Catalogue
• Downes - Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes et al.)
• GCPD - General Catalogue of Photometric Data
• GCVS - General Catalogue of Variable Stars
• IPHome - Koji Mukai's intermediate polar catalogue
• Krakow database - Minima and Ephemerides of Eclipsing Binary Stars
• LSST - Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
• OMC Archive - INTEGRAL Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) Archive
• Ritter-Kolb - Catalogue of CVs, LMXBs and related objects
• SB9 - Ninth Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits
• SIDONIe - The Double Star Website of Nice Observatory
• Sternberg List - Comprehensive List of Databases at Sternberg Astronomical Institute
• VAO - Virtual Astronomy Observatory

Variable Star Surveys

• ASAS - The All Sky Automated Survey
• BRITE Constellation - Nanosatellite observations of bright stars
• CoRoT - Convection, Rotation and Transits space mission
• HATNet - Hungarian-made Automated Telescope (HAT) survey; VizieR (CDS) link
• KEPLER - NASA planet-finding satellite
• KEPLER EB Catalog - Eclipsing Binary Catalog
• NSVS - Northern Sky Variability Survey
• SuperWASP - UK's ground-based planet hunter
• SAVS - Semi-Automatic Variability Search

Astrometric Systems

Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS)
(Mason, Wycoff, & Hartkopf 2001; updated nightly)
see also "Neglected Doubles" Observing Lists

Fourth Catalog of Interferometric Measurements of Binary Stars
(Hartkopf, Mason, & McAlister 2001; updated frequently)

Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars
(Hartkopf & Mason 2001; updated frequently)
see also list of "Calibration Candidates"

Catalogue of Orbits and Ephemerides of Visual Double Stars
(frequently updated; current online version by Docobo, Ling & Campo)
The catalog is also available in Galego and Spanish.

Multiple Star Catalog
(Tokovinin 1997; last update July 2017)

USNO Third Photometric Magnitude Difference Catalog
(Mason & Wycoff 2001; updated nightly)

Catalog of Rectilinear Elements
(Hartkopf & Mason 2011; updated occasionally)

Spectroscopic Systems

Ninth Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits
(Pourbaix et al. 2002; updated frequently)

Fifteenth Complementary Catalog of Spectroscopic Binaries
(Pedoussaut, A. et al. 1988, A&AS 75, 441; also Malkov, O.Y. 1989, Bull. Inform. CDS 36)
on-line data query

Binary and Multiple Systems

Multiple Star Catalog
(Tokovinin 1997; last update April 2010)

Binary star DataBase (BDB)
(Kaygorodov P., Debray B., Kolesnikov N., Kovaleva D., Malkov O. Baltic Astronomy, 21, 309, 2012)

Close Interacting and Eclipsing Systems

A Finding List for Observers of Interacting Binary Systems (5th ed.)
(Wood, F.B. et al. 1980, Publ. Dept. of Astronomy, U. Florida, Vol. 1)
on-line data query

Catalog of Orbital Elements, Masses, and Luminosities of Close Double Stars
(Svechnikov, M.A. & Bessonova, L.A. 1984, Bull. Inform CDS 26, 99)
on-line data query

A Catalogue of Parameters for Eclipsing Binaries
(Brancewicz, H.K. & Dworak, T.Z. 1980, Acta Astron. 30, no. 4, pp 501-524)
on-line data query

A Catalogue of Classical (Evolved) Algol-Type Binary Candidate Stars
(Budding, E. 1984, Bull. Inform. CDS 27, 91)
on-line data query

Catalogue of Algol Type Binary Stars
(Budding, E. et al. 2004, A&A 417, 263-268)
on-line data query

Catalogue of eclipsing variables (live version)
(Avvakumova E.A., Malkov O.Yu., Kniazev A.Yu. 2013, Astronomische Nachrichten, 334, 859)
catalog description and tables

Catalog of Binary UV Ceti Type Flare Stars
(Tamazian, V. S., & Malkov, O. Yu. 2014, Acta Astronomica (AcA), 64, 359)
VizieR Search Page

Model Atmospheres Codes

• MARCS - 1D hydrostatic, plane-parallel and spherical LTE model atmospheres code
• CO5BOLD - 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres code
• CMFGEN - Radiative transfer and statistical equilibrium equations in spherical geometry
• DUSTY - Radiative transfer after processing by dust
• PHOENIX - General-purpose state-of-the-art stellar and planetary atmosphere code

Light Curve and Velocity Curve Analysis

• EBAI - Eclipsing Binaries via Artificial Intelligence
• JKTEBOP - Fast and simple eclipsing binary star modeller
• PHOEBE - Sophisticated eclipsing binary star modeller
• ROCHE - Code description
• GDDSYN - Code description
• SPHOTOM - Automatic Multicolour Photometry code

Disentangling Spectra of Binary Stars

• KOREL - Code for disentangling spectra
• TODCOR - Code for disentangling spectra
• VO-KOREL - KOREL interface for the Virtual Observatory

Synthetic Spectra of Binaries and Accretion Structures

• BINSYN - Calculates synthetic spectrum of binary with/without accretion disk
• SHELLSPEC - Code for creating synthetic spectra of accretion structures

Imaging Techniques

• CHARA - Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
• NPOI - Navy Precision Optical Interferometer
• SPHERE - Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument on the VLT
• WUPPE - Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment