Astronomy and space exploration data

Code for collecting and visualization of astronomical data

All code and description are available at gvard.github.io

Observational astronomy

• First light of notable observatories and instruments See also First light dates of notable observatories with areas of main mirrors. Years 1990–2008, years 1845–1967, years 1916–1991 and distribution of diameters of big telescopes.
  Data as JSON.
  First light article (in Russian); inspired by prof. Vladimir Panchuk and his site Астрономические телескопы (in russian).

Solar System objects

• Near-Earth objects and Potentially Hazardous Asteroid statistics Data source: NASA Center for NEO Studies and IAU Minor Planet Center
• Distribution of Solar System bodies by average distance to Sun Data source: IAU Minor Planet Center, The MPC Orbit (MPCORB) Database

See this links for all Solar System related plots and code

Supernovae and other transients observations

• History of supernovae observations by year

• Cumulative number of supernovae Data source: David Bishop, Latest Supernovae Archives; Transient Name Server stats. Data as JSON. Displaying data in html page using JavaScript

• History of transient observations by year from Transient Name Server Data source: Transient Name Server stats

Gamma-ray bursts observations

Data source: Jochen Greiner; GRBs localized within a few hours to days to less than 1 degree, data as JSON.
Displaying data in html page using JavaScript

See this links for all stars related plots, code and data

Manned spaceflights

• Population of space Data source: J. McDowell, planet4589.org
• Human Spaceflight Missions, Astronauts, Rides Data source: J. McDowell, planet4589.org

See this links for all manned spaceflights related plots and code

Space launches

• Orbital and suborbital launches counts
  See also Orbital and suborbital (apogee >80km) launches counts with linear regression fits
  Data source: J. McDowell, planet4589.org
• Deep Space Launches Data source: J. McDowell, planet4589.org; see event catalogs, deepcat (Deep Space); The Deep Space Catalog: introduction and Background, catalog description. Code: python script with data for plotting this charts.

See this links for all space launches related plots and code

Image optimization applied

• Scour
• SVG Cleaner
• OptiPNG, see guide to PNG optimization
• PNGOut
• TinyPNG: WebP, PNG, JPEG optimization
• Jpegoptim, for Windows
• JPEGoptim + OptiPNG + TinyPNG - image optimization (in russian)

License

Feel free to contact me for details. It is possible to change the license for posting on web resources (in Wikimedia projects for example).