{"repo":"mattiaverga/OpenNGC","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC","clone":"git clone https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC.git","description":"A license friendly NGC/IC objects database","language":"Python","stars":140,"topics":["database","ngc","astronomy"],"license":null,"category":"databases-storage","readme_excerpt":"OpenNGC A license friendly NGC/IC objects database Credits: Mattia Verga https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC INTRODUCTION OpenNGC is a database containing positions and main data of NGC (New General Catalogue) and IC (Index Catalogue) objects. Unlike other similar databases which are released with license limitations, OpenNGC is released under CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, which allows the use for a wider range of cases. For information about data fields contained in the database, please see the file NGC guide.txt. DATA SOURCES OpenNGC has been built by merging data from: - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. - HyperLEDA database http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr We acknowledge the usage of the HyperLeda database (http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr) - SIMBAD Astronomical Database http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/ This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France - HEASARC High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ We used several databases from HEASARC such as messier, mwsc, lbn, plnebulae, lmcextobj and smcclustrs. - Harold Corwin's NGC/IC Positions and Notes http://haroldcorwin.net/ngcic/index.html Some common names are taken from internet sources like Wikipedia","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/mattiaverga","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/mattiaverga/OpenNGC/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}