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    • RC3 ConeSearch

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    All MAST catalog holdings are available via a ConeSearch endpoint. \nThe Third Reference Catalog of Bright Galaxies (RC3) by G. and A. de Vaucouleurs, H.G. Corwin, R.J. Buta, G. Paturel, and P. Fouque. is included as held in a MAST local copy.\n\nAll available missions are listed at http://archive.stsci.edu/vo/mast_services.html.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher MAST: Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://archive.stsci.edu/catalogs/rc3
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id af2d5856-9f98-4182-bf14-0a3ca4b0bd36
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL ivo://archive.stsci.edu/catalogs/rc3
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c435c91527ea67971eb191f42a5aebf55671cdeabe9f01b07ccf4c275069ac61
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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