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Title:
VirGO: A Visual Browser for the ESO Science Archive Facility
Authors:
Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia; Chéreau, Fabien
Affiliation:
AA(ESO) AB(ESO)
Publication:
The Messenger, vol. 135, p. 46-48 (Msngr Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/2009
Origin:
ESO
Bibliographic Code:
2009Msngr.135...46H

Abstract

VirGO is the next generation Visual Browser for the ESO Science Archive Facility (SAF) developed in the Virtual Observatory Project Office. VirGO enables astronomers to discover and select data easily from millions of observations in a visual and intuitive way. It allows real-time access and the graphical display of a large number of observations by showing instrumental footprints and image previews, as well as their selection and filtering for subsequent download from the ESO SAF web interface. It also permits the loading of external FITS files or VOTables, as well as the superposition of Digitized Sky Survey images to be used as background. All data interfaces are based on Virtual Observatory (VO) standards that allow access to images and spectra from external data centres, and interaction with the ESO SAF web interface or any other VO applications.
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