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AsteriaStar
Data archive · Operated by Caltech/IPAC

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A database that gathers everything known about objects beyond the Milky Way — positions, redshifts, images, and the literature — cross-linking millions of galaxies and quasars across all the surveys that have observed them.

Used across the archive

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.