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AstroGrid Python Module
http://www.astrogrid.org/agpython.html
You can access the services and tools provided by Astrogrid from several scripting/programming languages. In this document we describe how this is done from Python. Python. Is a high level programming language which is becoming very popular in astronomy. If you are running Windows. Just go to the Python download page ( http:/ www.python.org/download/. And choose Python 2.5 Windows Installer. By default Python will be installed in the directory C: Python25. If you use Linux. Fink Project ( http:/ finkproj...
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Astro Runtime
http://www.astrogrid.org/astroruntime.html
Astro Runtime (AR) is middleware that makes it simple to call Virtual Observatory services from any programming language. An API for the Virtual Observatory. Astro Runtime provides high-performance clients for most kinds of VO service, and assembles these into an API. That is simple, consistent and self-contained. This API hides the complexity of the VO infrastructure, lessens the learning curve, and isolates from changes to standards and variance in service implementation. Programs that call the API req...
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About AstroGrid
http://www.astrogrid.org/aboutAG.html
The AstroGrid project has involved four inter-related strands of work. Collaborating world-wide to construct agreed international standards and protocols. Constructing technical infrastructure software, for data centres and developers to deploy. Establishing and running working services, such the AstroGrid Registry, and various VOSpace fileservers. Constructing astronomical user software, and providing user support. The core AstroGrid work has been funded by PPARC and by STFC. And key contact points.
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VODesktop
http://www.astrogrid.org/vodesktop.html
VO Desktop is a launching point for doing science using VO tools. It uses a resource centred. Approach. First you choose the resources you are interested in by searching the registry of resources. Next, you query the chosen resources to look for and fetch the specific data you want. Finally, you either save the data (to VOSpace or to local disk) or pass the data on to another application (eg an image viewer like Aladin), to start doing some science analysis. The Registry of Resources. Tool is launched wh...
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AstroGrid
http://www.astrogrid.org/index.html
These static web pages reflect AstroGrid and its software at the time of its completion so be aware that some of what you find will not be current. To get up to date VO software try starting with the EuroVO or IVOA web pages. The AstroGrid project involved four inter-related strands of work. Work with colleagues world-wide to construct agreed international standards and protocols. Constructing technical infrastructure software, for data centres and developers to deploy.
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AstroGrid
http://www.astrogrid.org/Topcat.html
Topcat is a popular astronomical tool for manipulating tables of data. It started under the UK Starlink project, was extensively developed under AstroGrid, and now continues to be developed by Mark Taylor in Bristol. You can read about and download Topcat at the official website. View/edit table data in a scrollable browser. View/edit table metadata (parameters). View/edit column metadata (column names, units, UCDs.). Re-order and hide/reveal columns. Sort rows on the values in a given column. Write modi...
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AstroGrid Service Software
http://www.astrogrid.org/service-software.html
The AstroGrid project developed a number of service platforms for deploying VO protocols to be used by data centres and data publishers. A list of these service and their basic descriptions is below. Use the links provided to access downloads and detailed documentation for each service. The following services are available for download:. An IVOA compliant registry service which can be used for both harvesting and publishing purposes. A deployable service for creating virtual file systems on the VO.
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The Virtual Observatory
http://www.astrogrid.org/theVO.html
The Virtual Observatory Concept. The idea of the Virtual Observatory. We want our applications software to understand any data it comes across. Software as well as data should then become increasingly standardised. As well as actual data will increasingly be provided by expert centres, while users find and consume these services. The motto is "download the results not the data". In the VO world there is the idea of a resource. Ie a kind of yellow pages for such resources, so people or software can find r...
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AstroGrid Project Resources
http://www.astrogrid.org/resources.html
The AstroGrid project has left a legacy of documentation and source code that will be useful for current and future VO Projects. The documention is largely contained in the development wiki, as descibed below. The source code of the entire AstroGrid project is stored in an SVN repository and is available through a GoogleCode Project, as linked below. AstroGrid website is hosted at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh - last updated: 15-Aug-2012.
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AstroGrid Related Software
http://www.astrogrid.org/voSoftware.html
These VO software tools complement the functionality of AstroGrid tools, and can interoperate through the SAMP protocol. SPLAT is a spectral analysis tool from the Starlink project, which is now maintained by Peter Draper at Durham University. Aladin is an image viewer with a wide range of capabilities, which also acts as a VO portal in its own right. VOSpec is another spectral analysis tool, produced by the ESA-VO project.
