Why distribute your data through VizieR?


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Screenshot: VizieR Catalogue collection page, example for 'mission:gaia', from July 2023
Figure: VizieR Catalogue collection page - example when selecting Gaia mission catalogues (screenshot)

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Figure: VizieR and the interoperability with the CDS services. The full list of services is described just above.
Figure: VizieR catalogues accessible through CDS services

FAIR principles for astronomical data


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Figure -- Summary data journey from a publication to VizieR and then EOSC: beginning of the journey - step data published in a refereed paper
Figure: Journey from a publication to EOSC, beginning of the journey - step 1 “peer reviewed datasets”

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Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable principles cartoon from 'Open Science Training Handbook'Credit: Open Science Training Handbook, CC0 1.0 Universal, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1212496


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Small extract of Table 8 from VizieR catalogue J/ApJS/261/19, displaying 4 columns for the effective temperature: TeffR, TeffS, TeffP and Teff, the latter one corresponding to their adopted temperature
Figure: Extract of Table 8 from VizieR catalogue J/ApJS/261/19

Submission routes and journals


Preparing your data


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Figure -- Summary data journey from a publication to VizieR and then EOSC: second step of the journey - step preparation of the data, right after - step data published in a refereed paper
Figure: Journey from a publication to EOSC, step 2 “preparation of the data”

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Screenshot: Example of a VizieR table ingested. The figure shows the first 20 rows for the table 'I/355/gaiadr3'.
Figure: Example of a VizieR table ingested: catalogue Gaia DR3 - ref I/355/gaiadr3 (screenshot)

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Screenshot: Example of spectra ingested and available through the Saada VizieR page, associated with the catalogue 'J/A+A/589/A36'.
Figure: Example of VizieR associated data from the Saada/VizieR page: spectra (screenshot)

Submitting astronomical data


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Figure -- Summary data journey from a publication to VizieR and then EOSC: third step of the journey - step submission of the data, right after - step data published in a refereed paper, step preparation of the data
Figure: Journey from a publication to EOSC, step 3 “submission of the data”

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Screenshot: ReadMe Generator Python library Github page, from July 2023
Figure: ReadMe Generator Python library Github page (screenshot)

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Screenshot: VizieR Catalogue upload page, start uploading Tables after initiating a session, from June 2023
Figure: VizieR catalogue upload page - step Tables (screenshot)

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Screenshot: VizieR Catalogue upload page, fill the ReadMe file after initiating a session and uploading your tables, from June 2023
Figure: VizieR catalogue upload page - step Readme (screenshot)

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Screenshot: VizieR Catalogue upload page, upload associated data: FITS Spectra and Time Series after initiating a session, uploading your tables and filling the ReadMe file, from June 2023
Figure: VizieR catalogue upload page - step FITS Spectra(screenshot)

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Screenshot: VizieR Catalogue upload page, upload associated data: FITS Images after initiating a session, uploading your tables, filling the ReadMe file and uploading FITS Spectra and Time Series, from June 2023
Figure: VizieR catalogue upload page - step FITS images (Screenshot)

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Screenshot: VizieR Catalogue upload page, validate your submission after initiating a session, uploading your tables, filling the ReadMe file and uploading FITS Spectra / Time Series and FITS images, from June 2023
Figure: VizieR catalogue upload page - step Validate (Screenshot)

Data curation at CDS


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Figure -- Summary data journey from a publication to VizieR and then EOSC: fourth step of the journey - step curation and verification of the data, right after - step data published in a refereed paper, step preparation of the data, step submission of the data
Figure: Journey from a publication to EOSC, step 4 “curation & verification”

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Screenshot -- Table with wrong units as displayed in paper
Figure: Before – Units as written in original paper (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- VizieR table with units corrected
Figure: After – Units corrected in VizieR table (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Table with wrong coordinates as made available in paper
Figure: Before – Coordinates as written in original paper (screenshot). The following columns are displayed: Seq (catalog index number); BGPS source identifier; Hour, Minute and Second of Right Ascension (J2000); Sign, Degree, Arcminute, Arcsecond of the Declination (J2000).

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Screenshot -- VizieR table with coordinates corrected
Figure: After – Coordinates corrected in VizieR table (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Table without coordinates as available in paper
Figure: Before – Columns as written in original table (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Table with SimbadName and coordinates informations added to the original columns
Figure: After – Coordinates added in VizieR table (screenshot). The 4 columns in color are computed by VizieR, and not part of the original data.

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Screenshot -- Table with truncated names as identifiers in paper
Figure: Before – Table as written in the original paper. The following columns are displayed: Type, Name, f_Name; Hour, Minute and Second of Right Ascension (J2000); Sign, Degree, Arcminute, Arcsecond of the Declination (J2000); Teff, log(g), l_[Fe/H], [Fe/H], l_[C/Fe], [C/Fe], l_[C/Fe]c, [C/Fe]c, l_A(C), A(C), l_[Ba/Fe], [Ba/Fe], f_[Ba/Fe], l_[Eu/Fe], [Eu/Fe], f_[Eu/Fe]; Class, Bin, f_Bin, Out, Ref.

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Screenshot -- VizieR table with SIMBAD-names added and misprint on names (in the declinaison) corrected
Figure: After – Example of names recognized by SIMBAD added to the original table submitted to VizieR (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- VizieR ReadMe file with minimum and maximum values added to the numerical fields
Figure: Example of minimum and maximum values (in brackets) added to a ReadMe file (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Link between columns added by the CDS team enabling a better reusability of the original data
Figure: Example of column added to the original set – Table 1 – , adding more visibility to the data (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Link between columns added by the CDS team enabling a better reusability of the original data, and a quicker access to the corresponding results
Figure: Example of column added to the original set – relics-z table – , adding more visibility to the data (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Table A as displayed in paper
Figure: Before – Extract of Table A from paper (screenshot). The following columns are displayed: Name of stellar system, Star name, RA (J2000), DEC (J2000), Bmag, Vmag, Rmag, CoFe, e_CoFe, NiFe, e_NiFe.

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Screenshot -- Table B as displayed in paper
Figure: Before – extract of Table B from paper (screenshot). The following columns are displayed: Name of the stellar system, Star name, Reference for HRS abundances, Cr-HRS, e_Cr-HRS, Co-HRS.

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Screenshot -- Table B updated as available on VizieR
Figure: After – extract of Table B as available in VizieR (screenshot)

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Screenshot -- Table from catalogue updated to be consistent with erratum publication
Figure: Example of a table updated following erratum publication (screenshot)

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Figure -- Summary data journey from a publication to VizieR and then EOSC: fourth step of the journey - step curation and verification of the data, right after - step data published in a refereed paper, step preparation of the data, step submission of the data
Figure: Journey from a publication to EOSC, step 4 “curation & verification”

Journey of your data in the VO and EOSC


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Figure -- Summary data journey from a publication to VizieR and then EOSC: last step of the journey - step integration into the IVOA, EUDAT and finally EOSC, right after - step data published in a refereed paper, step preparation of the data, step submission of the data, steps curation and verification of the data
Figure: Full data journey from a publication to EOSC, step 5 “integration into the IVOA, EUDAT and finally EOSC”

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Screenshot: EOSC Portal homepage, from September 2023
Figure: EOSC Portal homepage (screenshot from September 2023)

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Screenshot: EOSC Portal search for 'Gaia DR3' using homepage, from September 2023
Figure: Searching for ‘Gaia DR3’ on EOSC Portal – search from homepage (screenshot from September 2023)

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Screenshot: EOSC Portal search for 'Gaia DR3' using 'Browse Marketplace' page, from September 2023
Figure: Searching for ‘Gaia DR3’ on EOSC Portal – Browse Marketplace tab (screenshot from September 2023)

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Screenshot: EOSC Portal search for 'Gaia DR3' -- scanning through all the records, from September 2023
Figure: Searching for ‘Gaia DR3’ on EOSC Portal – all records (screenshot from September 2023)

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Screenshot: EOSC Portal search for 'Gaia DR3' -- scanning through all the records and filtering using the 'advanced search' option, from September 2023
Figure: Searching for ‘Gaia DR3’ on EOSC Portal – all records, with extra filtering (screenshot from September 2023)

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Screenshot: EOSC Portal search for 'Gaia DR3', from September 2023
Figure: Searching for ‘Gaia DR3’ on EOSC Portal – result (screenshot from September 2023)