MASCOT: A Multi-Wavelength All-Sky Catalogue for Observations With Ground- and Space-Based Telescopes

Abstract

New powerful observational techniques require a careful planning of observing programs. These requirements will be met within the proposed project MASCOT, A Multi-wavelength All-Sky Catalogue for Observations with ground- and space-based Telescopes. MASCOT will be based on the world's largest digitized all-sky survey containing astrometric and photometric data, USNO-A V2.0, which will be cross-identified with catalogued astronomical objects (extragalactic sources, variable stars, double stars, pulsars, high proper motion stars, nearby stars, Solar System objects, Hipparcos/Tycho catalogue objects) as well as with major non-optical (radio, IR, UV, X-ray) surveys. A world-wide access to MASCOT will be provided via standard Internet tools.