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VO Infrastructure (Naming Authority):
United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station Naming Authority
Short name: USNOFS auth
IVOA Identifier: ivo://fs.usnoPublisher: US Naval Observatory
More Info: http://www.nofs.navy.mil/data/fchpix
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.		 Status: active
Registered: 2005 Mar 29 20:20:46Z
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Description


The USNO Flagstaff Station Image and Catalogue archive provides access to digitized images of the major Schmidt photographic surveys of the sky (POSS-I, POSS-II, SERC-J, SERC-R, SERC-EJ, SERC-ER, AAO-R etc.) and to astrometric catalogues derived from these data, including USNO-A2, USNO-B1 and NOMAD. The site provides catalogue data, finding charts, image data and a merge of the three.

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About the Resource Providers

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Publisher: US Naval Observatory

STScI Archivearchive@stsci.edu

Contact Information:
X S. Levine
Email: mailto:sel at nofs.navy.mil

Status of This Resource

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Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.		 Relevant dates for this Resource:
  • Representative: 2005 Mar 29

This resource was registered on: 2005 Mar 29 20:20:46Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2007 Apr 11 08:52:38Z
What This Resource is About

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

Resource Class: Authority
This resource represents its publisher's authority to publish new resources and assign them IVOA identifiers. In particular, it records the publisher's ownership of identifiers that begin with ivo://fs.usno.
Resource type keywords:
  • Archive
  • Catalog
  • Photographic
 Subject keywords:
  • astrometric catalogues
  • optical astronomy
  • finding charts
  • photographic images
Intended audience or use:
  • Secondary Education: This resource provides information appropriate for use in elementary education (e.g. approximate ages 14-18).
  • Community College: This resource provides information appropriate for use in community/junior college or early university education.
  • University: This resource provides information appropriate for use in university education.
  • Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
  • Amateur: This resource provides information of interest to amateur astronomers.
More Info: http://www.nofs.navy.mil/data/fchpix


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