View source for GCVS General Catalog of Variable Stars

=Download=
[https://dsoplanner.com/files/gcvs5_csv.zip GCVS databse]  
(extract gcvs5.csv prior to importing)  

[https://dsoplanner.com/files/gcvs5.py Script for parsing the original data]

=Intro=
The database and parsing script was prepared by astronomy enthusiast Ed Vazhorov.

=Database Description=
[http://www.sai.msu.su/gcvs/gcvs/gcvs5/ The official source of GCVS] used.

=Notes=
Create custom database with the following fields of type string: mag2, vartype, epoch, period, sptype (minimal magnitude, variable type, JD maximum epoch, period, spectral type). Then import the text file from above