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Resource Record Summary

Catalog Service:
MAST CAOM ObsPointing ConeSearch

Short name: MAST ObsPointing
IVOA Identifier: ivo://archive.stsci.edu/catalogs/obspointingPublisher: Space Telescope Science Institute Archiveivo://archive.stsci.edu/stsci-arc[Pub. ID]
More Info: http://archive.stsci.edu/vo/mast_services.html
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Status: active
Registered: 2017 Jun 07 18:41:44Z
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Description


All MAST catalog holdings are available via a ConeSearch endpoint. This service provides access to MAST holdings with pointing positional information in the Common Archive Observation Model (CAOM) database, by providing access to the ObsPointing table as a cone search. Available missions are listed at http://archive.stsci.edu/vo/mast_services.html.

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About the Resource Providers

This section describes who is responsible for this resource

Publisher: Space Telescope Science Institute Archiveivo://archive.stsci.edu/stsci-arc[Pub. ID]

Creator: Space Telescope Science Institute Catalogs and Surveys Branch

Contact Information:
X STScI Archive
Email: archive at stsci.edu

Status of This Resource

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

Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.
  • This service apparently provides only public data

This resource was registered on: 2017 Jun 07 18:41:44Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2020 Sep 16 20:18:53Z

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:
  • Catalog
Subject keywords:
  • Observational astronomy
  • Galactic and extragalactic astronomy
  • Stellar astronomy
  • Solar system astronomy
  • Surveys
Intended audience or use:
  • Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: http://archive.stsci.edu/vo/mast_services.html

Related Resources:

Services that provide access to data in this resource:
MAST CAOM TAP ivo://archive.stsci.edu/caomtap [Res. ID]

Data Coverage Information

This section describes the data's coverage over the sky, frequency, and time.

Wavebands covered:

  • Optical

Available Service Interfaces

Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://gsss.stsci.edu/webservices/vo/ConeSearch.aspx?CAT=CAOM_OBSPOINTING&X(version compatible)
Maximum search radius accepted: 1 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 1000
This service will ignore the VERB input parameter.
Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • https://vao.stsci.edu/caomtap/tapservice.aspx


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