Archive for March, 2011

SkyView system usage

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

The number of SkyView queries has increased by a factor of 5 over the last year and with our recent move to a virtual machine architecture we have been able to accommodate this growth. However we experienced a spike in usage last night that did affect system availability. Although SkyView is processing queries again we are working with our system administrators to analyze and improve the situation. We apologize for any inconvenience.

SkyView 2MASS data interruption March 1, 2011

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

The remote system that serves 2MASS data was down for scheduled maintenance for a couple hours today. As of 3:50pm EST service has been restored and 2MASS data is again available in SkyView. We apologize for any inconvenience.