GAUDI: A Preparatory Archive for the COROT Mission

• Published in: The Astronomical journal Vol. 129; no. 1; pp. 547 - 553
• Main Authors: Solano, E, Catala, C, Garrido, R, Poretti, E, Janot-Pacheco, E, Gutiérrez, R, González, R, Mantegazza, L, Neiner, C, Fremat, Y, Charpinet, S, Weiss, W, Amado, P. J, Rainer, M, Tsymbal, V, Lyashko, D, Ballereau, D, Bouret, J. C, Hua, T, Katz, D, Lignières, F, Lüftinger, T, Mittermayer, P, Nesvacil, N, Soubiran, C, van 't Veer-Menneret, C, Goupil, M. J, Costa, V, Rolland, A, Antonello, E, Bossi, M, Buzzoni, A, Rodrigo, C, Aerts, C, Butler, C. J, Guenther, E, Hatzes, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.01.2005; American Astronomical Society
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics; Physics; Catalogs; Stars: Fundamental Parameters
• ISSN: 1538-3881; 0004-6256; 1538-3881
• DOI: 10.1086/426370

The GAUDI database (Ground-based Asteroseismology Uniform Database Interface, sdc.laeff.esa.es/gaudi/) is a preparatory archive for the COROT (COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transits, www.astrsp-mrs.fr/projets/corot/) mission developed at LAEFF (Laboratory for Space Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics, www.laeff.esa.es). Its intention is to make the ground-based observations obtained in the preparation of the asteroseismology programme available in a simple and efficient way. It contains spectroscopic and photometric data together with inferred physical parameters for more than 1500 objects gathered since January 1998 in 6 years of observational campaigns. In this paper, the main functionalities and characteristics of the system are described. The observations have been collected at ESO-La Silla, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Observatoire de Haute-Provence, South African Astronomical Observatory, Tautenberg Observatory and Sierra Nevada Observatory.