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SkyView support for ZPN projection

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Tom

As part of integrating UKIDSS data into SkyView, we have added support for the Zenithal Polynomial, ZPN, projection. In this projection the angular distance between a point on the sky and the reference position is transformed to a distance from … Continue reading →

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SkyView updates

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Tom

We are releasing a new version of SkyView today (2012-06-25). We’ve a separate article on the new INTEGRAL Galactic Plane surveys, but we’ve made some changes that affect many of the survey datasets. For each survey that we support, SkyView … Continue reading →

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SkyView using Xamin

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Tom

Recently the HEASARC released a new more powerful interface to its catalog and archive, Xamin. We have just updated SkyView so that SkyView catalog queries of tables in the HEASARC databases are now being made through this new Xamin interface … Continue reading →

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New SkyView Release

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Tom

We’ve just released an updated version of SkyView with several changes. The Fermi data are now presented in five bands rather than two: 30-100 MeV 100-300 MeV 300-1000 MeV 1-3 GeV 3-30 GeV We’ve deleted the old COBE DIRBE survey. … Continue reading →

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SkyView Version 2.6

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Tom

Version 2.6 of SkyView has been released. The major change is largely invisible to the users. When using the Clip sampler on large images we sometimes run into a problem where the corners of a user pixel when transformed into … Continue reading →

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SDSS DR7 now available

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Tom

SkyView is now using the DR7 release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) surveys. It doesn’t appear that there is a big difference for SkyView between the DR6 and DR7 releases but there is a bit more coverage in … Continue reading →

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SkyView bug fix and security improvements

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Laura

A software update was released today that includes a bug fix and improvements to the user input validation process. The bug that was causing the name resolver argument to be ignored has been fixed.  Due to the bug all positions … Continue reading →

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New SkyView Survey: WMAP

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Laura

Microwave data from the WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) mission are now available in SkyView. WMAP is the first fine-resolution (0.2 degree) all-sky map of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. For more information see our Survey Information page and the … Continue reading →

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SkyView image center coordinates in decimal format added

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Laura

The information displayed below web form query image results now includes the coordinates of the requested center in decimal format.  This applies to queries where the entered position is in any format other than decimal (object name, coordinates in sexagesimal … Continue reading →

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More SkyView LogLog scaling

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Laura

The LogLog scaling that was the subject of a previous post has been added to the SkyView Query Form. Look for it as a Brightness Scaling option in the Other Options section.

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