SkyView Virtual Observatory

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Background

The Internet's Virutal Telescope. SkyView is a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray. SkyView is run by NASA and compiles the data from a range of satellites.

The surveys included in SkyView's catalog are: HEAO, RASS 3, DSS, IRAS, 0408MHz.

Obtaining Data From the NSSDC

SkyView can be accessed by querying the database online or as a stand-alone Java application available for free from the SkyView website. Visit the main website for further details: http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/titlepage.pl