Data Discovery Tools

VOPlatform VOPlatform is a tool that provides users with an environment in which to place their frequently used VO tools and datasets, along with other resources such as documents, web links etc. The application has been developed in Java, and acts on data available in the VO Standard VOTable format.

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VODesktop A desktop application for working with the Virtual Observatory. It can explore data resources, query remote catalogs, and construct workflows to automate tasks.

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Datascope A Web Service for discovering and exploring data in the Virtual Observatory from archives and data centres around the world.

Web Service

Aladin An interactive software sky atlas allowing the user to visualize digitized images of any part of the sky, to superimpose entries from astronomical catalogs.

Web Service

SkyView A Virtual Observatory for generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray.

Webservice

VOEventNet VOEventNet enables rapid observations of the dynamic night sky. VOEventNet gathers streams of astronomical alerts and reports in a common format, so that both people and robotic systems can get the alerts quickly enough to respond with follow-up observations.

Web Service