Getting Data from VizieR

To get complete data from the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars, you will use another tool called VizieR, which astronomers use to retrieve data when they know what projects the data come from.

Launch VizieR by clicking the link. It will open in a new window. You will see a screen like this:

The textbox below "Direct access to catalogues from Name or Designation" is where you search for data by catalog name. You know you want data from the Gliese Catalogue, so type "Gliese" in the textbox. Then click "Find Catalogue." The screen will change to look like this:

The rest of the page will now let you directly search the Gliese Catalogue. Change the "Maximum Entries per table" dropdown menu to 9999 to return the entire catalog. Uncheck the two boxes next to Compute. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Submit Query."

VizieR is now returning all data from the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars. The search should take a few minutes. Click Next to see what the results of the search should look like.