The aladin interactive sky atlas-a reference tool for identification of astronomical sources
F Bonnarel, P Fernique, O Bienaym�…�- Astronomy and�…, 2000 - aas.aanda.org
F Bonnarel, P Fernique, O Bienaym�, D Egret, F Genova, M Louys, F Ochsenbein…
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 2000•aas.aanda.orgThe Aladin interactive sky atlas, developed at CDS, is a service providing simultaneous
access to digitized images of the sky, astronomical catalogues, and databases. The driving
motivation is to facilitate direct, visual comparison of observational data at any wavelength
with images of the optical sky, and with reference catalogues. The set of available sky
images consists of the STScI Digitized Sky Surveys, completed with high resolution images
of crowded regions scanned at the MAMA facility in Paris. A Java WWW interface to the�…
access to digitized images of the sky, astronomical catalogues, and databases. The driving
motivation is to facilitate direct, visual comparison of observational data at any wavelength
with images of the optical sky, and with reference catalogues. The set of available sky
images consists of the STScI Digitized Sky Surveys, completed with high resolution images
of crowded regions scanned at the MAMA facility in Paris. A Java WWW interface to the�…
The Aladin interactive sky atlas, developed at CDS, is a service providing simultaneous access to digitized images of the sky, astronomical catalogues, and databases. The driving motivation is to facilitate direct, visual comparison of observational data at any wavelength with images of the optical sky, and with reference catalogues.
The set of available sky images consists of the STScI Digitized Sky Surveys, completed with high resolution images of crowded regions scanned at the MAMA facility in Paris.
A Java WWW interface to the system is available at:
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/.
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