Journal or Publication Title:

Բյուրականի աստղադիտարանի հաղորդումներ: Երևանի աստղադիտարանի բյուլետեն = Сообщения Бюраканской обсерватории. Бюллетень ереванской Астрономической обсерватории = Contributions from the Burakan observatory. Bulletin of the Erevan astronomical observatory

Date of publication:

2025

Volume:

72

Number:

1

ISSN:

2579-2276

Coverage:

3-11

Abstract:

The Astrophysical Virtual Observatories (AVOs) have been created in a number of countries using their available databases and current observing material as a collection of interoperating data archives and software tools to form a research environment for processing complex data-intensive and compute-intensive research workflows. The Armenian Virtual Observatory (ArVO, https://www.aras.am/Arvo/arvo.htm) is a project of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) aimed at the construction of a modern system for data archiving, extraction, acquisition, reduction, use, and publication. ArVO is based on the Digitized First Byurakan Survey (DFBS, https://www.aras.am/Dfbs/dfbs.html) and is the Armenian contribution to the International Virtual Observatories Alliance (IVOA, https://ivoa.net/). One of the ArVO’s main tasks is to create and utilize a global Spectroscopic Virtual Observatory, which will combine data from DFBS and other low-dispersion spectroscopic databases, as well as provide the first understanding on the nature of any object up to B = 18m. This is important as among all astronomical data, a large spectroscopic database is especially useful for understanding the nature of all observed objects. Hence, ArVO will utilize the DFBS as an appropriate large spectroscopic database. In the frame of ArVO, BAO collaborates with the Institute of Informatics and Automation Problems (IIAP, https://iiap.sci.am/) of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia to develop software ecosystem for ArVO satisfying the IVOA standards. Besides the DFBS, ArVO provides access to the Digitized Second Byurakan Survey (SBS) database, the Byurakan photographic archive, and BAO 2.6 m and 1 m Schmidt telescopes modern observations.

Format:

pdf

Identifier:

oai:arar.sci.am:425905

General note:

Communications of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (ComBAO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which publishes research in observational and theoretical astronomy/astrophysics and presents recent advances in these fields. It is being published by the NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) in English in electronic form. The journal publishes original papers, review papers, brief reports, book reviews, special communications, observational and theoretical results in various fields of astronomy and related sciences, and some editorial notes, including anniversaries and obituaries. Under the heading “Legacy”, the renewed magazine will republish some old articles of high value in English. The heading “Guest articles” will bring to the attention of readers the articles of researchers who are not employees of BAO. ComBAO was founded in 1946 and regularly published in 1946-1990. However, the publication was interrupted because of the economic situation after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Location of original object:

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