HOW TO USE BDA

• The command mode
  • Basic Commands
    • Content of BDA
    • Moving within BDA
    • List of data files
    • Looking at the file content
  • Manual and help
    • Manual
      • The command man
      • The command mnl
    • Documentation
  • Command names, options and filenames
    • Command names
    • Command capabilities
    • Option meaning
    • File names
    • File fields
    • Datatypes
  • Bibliography and References
    • The modern bibliography
    • The Budapest bibliography
    • The information from Lyngå's catalogue
    • The references
    • Cluster numbering system
    • Ongoing observations
  • Remarks
  • Cross-Identifications
    • The cross-reference tables
    • The cross-identifications
    • The identification of double star components
  • Data queries
    • General case: the command ubv
    • The commands ubvm and cmd
    • The command hrd
    • The commands mk, mks and spt
    • The commands coo and pos
    • The commands apm and rpm
    • The command irv
    • The command prob
    • The command hpd
    • The command gk and red giant data
    • Obtaining further information: aud
    • Obtaining several kinds of data at a time: multi
  • Cluster map and chart
  • Cluster Selection
    • The command slm
    • The command ocl
  • Statistics
  • Further commands
    • The command post
    • The command moyen
    • The command olps
  • Alternative commands
• The menu mode
  • Introduction
  • The menu go
  • Other menus
• The prompt mode
  • Starting and ending
  • On-line help
• The graphical user interface
  • The panel "Interrogation"