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Title:
The CAPRI Project: Coordinates for Astronomical Press Release Images
Authors:
Frattare, Lisa M.; Ferguson, B. A.; Summers, F.; Levay, Z. G.
Affiliation:
AA(STScI), AB(University of Denver), AC(STScI), AD(STScI)
Publication:
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #467.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.414
Publication Date:
01/2009
Origin:
AAS
Bibliographic Code:
2009AAS...21346701F

Abstract

The beauty and splendor of astronomical press release images has made an enormously positive impact with the media and public alike. As a leading provider of astronomical imagery and a major contributor of Hubble Space Telescope press release images, the outreach division of Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) recognizes the importance of making press release images compliant with virtual observatory standards for inclusion in databases and repositories. Our goal is to make outreach images accessible by virtual observatory applications by calculating World Coordinate System (WCS) data for these images. We provide updated and improved software that allows observatories to easily and accurately transform coordinates on their astronomical press release images, using reference FITS files. The resultant metadata conforms to the Simple Image Access (SIA) protocol established by the International Virtual Observatory Alliance and has been used by popular end users such as Google Sky and World Wide Telescope. Several hundred images from the STScI Office of Public Outreach NewsCenter database have been processed, and their coordinates and other relevant metadata are accessible through an SIA-compliant web service.
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