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Nowadays, “archiving” data is a widely used expression in astronomy. A number of reasons explain it, but the more obvious ones are the cost and scarcity of large modern astronomical instruments. The existence of this book is also clue to the growing importance of this field.
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Pirenne, B., Durand, D. (1995). Data Storage Technology for Astronomy. In: Egret, D., Albrecht, M.A. (eds) Information & On-Line Data in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 203. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0397-8_23
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