Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
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2nd UN/NASA Workshop on International Heliophysical Year and Basic Space Science. Proceedings of the conference held 27 Novembe
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
jmurthy61@rediffmail.com jmurthy@yahoo.com We propose to set up a Centre for Astronomical Data and Software (CADS) at the CREST campus of IIA. A Data Centre is many things. At the most basic level, it is simply a place to warehouse astronomical data but this has led in the past to a sterile environment which may not serve the user. We plan, on the model of the Virtual Observatory, to set up a living centre which will proactively serve the needs of the IIA and, more generally, the Indian astronomical community. IIA has always been a source of data - from Kodaikanal to the Vainu Bappu Observatory (Kavalur) and the Indian Astronomical Observatory (Hanle) - and this will continue into the future with major missions such as TAUVEX or UVIT and with the digitization of the Kodaikanal solar observations. IIA astronomers are further involved with many other missions (SOHO, GALEX, SDSS ...) all with large amounts of data. Our group will serve as a single node for all data related activities in the Institute where other groups or individual scientists will be able to come for help in, primarily, software development. Science will continue to be driven by the scientist but accessory tools and techniques will be developed by CADS. As we develop, we hope to become part of the global Virtual Observatory community.
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