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Guide Star Catalog II

Short name: GSC2 IVOA Identifier: ivo://archive.stsci.edu/gsc23skynodePublisher: STScI More Info: http://gsss.stsci.edu/Catalogs/GSC/GSC2/GSC2.htm VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.	Status: active Registered: 2005 Nov 14 12:21:00Z
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Description

The Guide Star Catalog 2 (GSC2) is an all sky multi-wavelength, multi-epoch object catalog based on 1 arcsec resolution scans of photographic sky survey plates from the Palomar and UK Schmidt Telescopes.

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About the Resource Providers

This section describes who is responsible for this resource

Publisher: STScI

Creator: ASB branch STScI

Contact Information:

X Charles G. Loomis
Email: loomis at stsci.edu

Status of This Resource

This section provides some status information: the resource version, availability, and relevant dates.

Version: 2.3.1
Availability: This is an active resource.

This service apparently provides only public data

This resource was registered on: 2005 Nov 14 12:21:00Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2014 Feb 17 21:41:36Z

What This Resource is About

This section describes what the resource is, what it contains, and how it might be relevant.

Resource Class: CatalogService: This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.

Resource type keywords: none provided	Subject keywords: Open skyNode Stars catalogs Astrometry photometry
Intended audience or use: none specified
More Info: http://gsss.stsci.edu/Catalogs/GSC/GSC2/GSC2.htm

	Data Coverage Information
	This section describes the data's coverage over the sky, frequency, and time. Wavebands covered: Optical

Available Service Interfaces

	Custom Service
	This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource. VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource. Description: Available endpoints for this service interface: SOAP-based Web Service: http://gsss.stsci.edu/GSC23Skynode/nodeb.asmxX (WSDL)

Developed with the support of the National Science Foundation
under Cooperative Agreement AST0122449 with the Johns Hopkins University
The NAVO project is a member of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance

This NAVO Application is hosted by the Space Telescope Science Institute

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