Distribution to the Astronomy Community of the Compressed Digitized Sky Survey

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Mar 1996

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Technical Report, Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD United States

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Data Bases, Data Compression, Data Retrieval, Cd-Rom, Astronomy, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Surveys, Education, Hubble Space Telescope, Liquid Oxygen, Market Research, Northern Sky, Southern Sky, Targets

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The Space Telescope Science Institute has compressed an all-sky collection of ground-based images and has printed the data on a two volume, 102 CD-ROM disc set. The first part of the survey (containing images of the southern sky) was published in May 1994. The second volume (containing images of the northern sky) was published in January 1995. Software which manages the image retrieval is included with each volume. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is handling the distribution of the lOx compressed data and has sold 310 sets as of October 1996. ASP is also handling the distribution of the recently published 100x version of the northern sky survey which is publicly available at a low cost. The target markets for the 100x compressed data set are the amateur astronomy community, educational institutions, and the general public. During the next year, we plan to publish the first version of a photometric calibration database which will allow users of the compressed sky survey to determine the brightness of stars in the images.

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