Use policy

Terms and data disclaimer

DigitizeAstronomy is a sharing platform for machine-readable astronomy data. It does not replace the original publication or guarantee contributed data accuracy.

What may be uploaded

Numerical data only
Upload CSV, TSV, TXT, JSON, or ECSV numerical data.

Attribution required
Include the source paper, figure/table label, contributor name, and enough context to check the values.

Verify and cite
Check values against the original publication and cite the original paper.

Publication acknowledgement
If you use data downloaded from DigitizeAstronomy in a paper, presentation, or public research output, please consider acknowledging DigitizeAstronomy or mentioning digastro.org as the download source.

No accuracy guarantee
Users must verify data themselves; DigitizeAstronomy is only a sharing and mutual-help platform.

Accounts and contributor ownership

Public access
Anyone may browse, search, preview, and download public datasets.

Signed-in uploads
Uploading requires Google or GitHub sign-in for attribution, editing, and abuse prevention.

Owner edits
Contributors may edit metadata and replace files. Deletion requests go to lushengdong93@gmail.com.