Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aspc..376..197s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVI ASP Conference Series, Vol. 376, proceedings of the conference held 15-18 Oc
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Finding astronomical data for a moving target might turn out to be tricky: because of the time dependency of their positions the usual name resolver servers (like NED and SIMBAD) cannot be used. In order to help the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive researchers, the Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF {http://www.stecf.org/}) has developed a new user interface specifically tailored to the search of solar system bodies. Thanks to the IMCCE (Institut de Meécanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides, see http://www.imcce.fr) Skybot service, we have pre-computed and stored in a database which solar system objects (except comets) happened to fall in the field of view of an HST image, whether planned or serendipitously. It became easy then to offer to astronomers a search engine where they could specify the name of a solar system body to find those HST images where it was observed, very similarly to what is done for galactic and extragalactic objects. We illustrate here how the system works, including the back-end and front-end, and how it uses some Virtual Observatory standards.
Micol Alberto
Sforna D.
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