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SkyView Allsky Images from Gamma-ray to Radio
We have been thinking of ways to add more educational aspects to the SkyView website and our first step was to create a slide show of survey data that cover the entire sky. This first image set is in equatorial … Continue reading
New SkyView Survey: WMAP
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
SkyView image center coordinates in decimal format added
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
New SkyView Image Gallery
We have added an Image Gallery to the site and we welcome your SkyView images. Just click the Add to Gallery button below your generated images and they will be added to the gallery and included in the pool of … Continue reading
Finding which image was used for each pixel
One of the major functions of SkyView is mosaicking multiple images together. Occasionally you may be interested in finding out which source image was used for a given pixel. The FITS header indicates which images were used somewhere, but normally … Continue reading
Reference Coordinates in Fixed Projections
SkyView treats a number of projections (Aitoff, Cartesian, Sansom-Flamsteed/Sinusoidal) as fixed projections. Regardless of the position you specify, the sky is projected to the plane in the same way. All that your coordinate entry changes is the center of the … Continue reading