脉动变星数据库的建立

Construction of Database for Pulsating Variable Stars

为了方便国内学者对脉动变星进行研究,建立了一个数据库,目前包含了时间长达10 yr左右的巡天项目MAssive Compact Halo Objects(大质量致密银晕天体,MACHO)和Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment(光学引力透镜实验,OGLE)发现的脉动变星,一共容纳了来自银河系核球与大小麦哲伦云中的共近23万颗变星.采用的软件是LAMP,即Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP.数据库的使用通过网页的简单搜索界面实现,搜索参数主要是天体的赤经、赤纬和半径.鉴于本数据库的灵活性,将来很方便加入其他的变星数据.

A database for the pulsating variable stars is constructed for Chinese astronomers to study the variable stars conveniently. The database includes about 230000 variable stars in the Galactic bulge, LMC and SMC observed by the MACHO （MAssive Compact Halo Objects） and OGLE （Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment） projects at present, The software used for the construction is LAMP, i.e., Linux＋Apache＋MySQL＋PHP. A web page is provided to search the photometric data and the light curve in the database through the right ascension and declination of the object. More data will be incorporated into the database.