The NVO in Day-to-Day Astronomy

Details The NVO in Day-to-Day Astronomy The NVO in Day-to-Day Astronomy

Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aas...19711609m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, #116.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1601

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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In the discussion following the decadal review's recommendation to establish a National Virtual Observatory (NVO) much attention has been paid to how the NVO could provide unprecedented capabilities to perform complex statistical analyses of the huge datasets now entering the community. It is equally important to recognize how it can also redefine how astronomers conduct smaller scale investigations. The NVO vision includes a federation of current major data providers, providing astronomers with seamless access to data from distributed sites, spanning the entire spectrum. This goes well beyond earlier services, e.g., SkyView, Astrobrowse, NED, .... The NVO's metadata standards, data mining capabilities, and data discovery services will enable all astronomers -- including those without substantial access to physical observatories -- to quickly and effectively use the archival resources of the community. In this paper we describe how the NVO may come to permeate the culture of astronomy in the coming decade. We discuss our experience with forerunners of the NVO including SkyView and Astrobrowse, and we also consider the requirements that the NVO must meet to ensure it achieves its potential for the entire astronomical community.

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