Remote query

Remote catalogues and databases can be queried using catremote or xcatview (see Section ). The catalogues available include:

• the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys (SSS),

• the USNO PMM catalogue[20],

• various traditional standard catalogues, including the Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions (PPM)[23,2], the SAO Catalog, the Bonner Durchmusterung and objects in SIMBAD.

Example graphics translation files (see Section ) are available to customise charts produced using most of these catalogues (see Section ). Subsets from the SuperCOSMOS catalogues can be obtained by either using CURSA's remote access facilities or via form on the SuperCOSMOS Web pages.