SkyView v3.5.7 — Improvements to security and access to remote survey data

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Carina Kan

SkyView has been updated to v3.5.7. This release includes security improvements and fixes to issues with accessing survey data from remote servers, particularly SDSS, SDSSdr7, and UKIDSS.

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SkyView v3.5.6 – Security updates and bug fixes

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Carina Kan

SkyView has been updated to v3.5.6 today.  This release mostly addresses various security vulnerabilities. It also features an updated header and footer, a fix to the 400 Bad Request Error (users should no longer receive this error or have to clear cookies), and a revised color scheme for the data status box to make it more accessible.

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Open Source SkyView Function

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Carina Kan

This is a spotlight on the work of one of our SkyView users: this user developed an open source function in Wolfram Mathematica to obtain SkyView images. Check it out here!

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SkyView v3.5.5 release with TESS data

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Tess Jaffe

We have just released the latest update to SkyView that now includes an additional optical dataset from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). This survey has covered roughly 90% of the sky in its first two years, aiming for 50 ppm photometric precision on stars with TESS magnitude 9-15. The data are served in HiPS format from CDS and were generated from the TESS FFI images by Ethan Kruse. Below shows the full sky in a mollweide projection, missing only some regions too near the ecliptic.

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SkyView Blog Comments Disabled

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Carina Kan

Please note that the SkyView blog comments are currently disabled for the foreseeable future, until we can find a better method for handling spam comments and the like. If you have posted or want to post a comment on the blog, please be aware that it may not be seen promptly – consider using the feedback form instead. Thank you for your patience!

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SkyView v3.5.4 updates and bug fixes

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Carina Kan

SkyView has been updated to v3.5.4 today. This version contains changes to exception handling when submitting a query, i.e. more detailed error messages when requests to remote servers fail and when the requested image size is too large. Sometimes a request to a remote server fails because the remote data source is down, so please check the gray box on the SkyView homepage to verify the availability of that service. As always, please contact us via the feedback form if any issues or bugs are discovered.

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Update: SkyView hardware upgrade completed

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Carina Kan

Update: The SkyView hardware upgrade has been successfully completed. Thank you for your patience, and please let us know if you encounter any issues or lags with the service through our feedback form.

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Update: SkyView hardware upgrade postponed

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Carina Kan

Update: The SkyView hardware upgrade has been postponed to Wednesday, October 21, at 1pm ET. At that time SkyView will be unavailable for approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We encountered some technical difficulties in transitioning to a new storage system – thank you for your patience!

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Postponed: SkyView hardware upgrade

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Carina Kan

Update: The SkyView hardware upgrade has been postponed again until some time next week (exact time will be updated soon). At that time SkyView will be unavailable for approximately one hour and 15 minutes. Thank you for your patience!

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SkyView hardware upgrade update

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Carina Kan

Update: The SkyView hardware upgrade has been postponed until Monday, October 5, 2020 at 10:30am ET. At that time SkyView will be unavailable for approximately one hour and 15 minutes.

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