VO tools and applications in a nutshell Evanthia Hatziminaoglou EURO-VO Facility Centre Astronomer
Vocabulary (or “what are they talking about???”) Registry: (a poor man’s resource) the yellow pages of the VO SIAP (SSAP): (anything but) Simple Image (Spectra) Access Protocol MySpace: (not mine, not yours) Virtual space storage PLASTIC: (but cast in stone) PLatform for AStronomy Tool InterConnection
Everyday questions in the life of an astronomer Are there any data ... Where can I find ... What is the format ... What are the contents ...
At the end of the daywe all want the same things: ? ? Find (Data discovery) Look (Data visualisation & handling) Analyse (Spectral analysis) Combine (SED building)
Data visualisation & handling Spectral analysis SEDs Data discovery Data visualisation & handling Spectral analysis SEDs VODesktop Aladin VOSpec VOSED TOPCAT SPLAT VOSA DataScope Specview VirGO NVO Spectrum NED VOPlot Octet VOStat * the list is not exhaustive!
VO Tools together in action
Or (for the bravest among you) the IVOA applications web page: For more (on) tools and applications visit the EURO-VO web pages: http://www.euro-vo.org and http://www.euro-vo.org/pub/fc/software.html Or (for the bravest among you) the IVOA applications web page: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaApplications#Links