GHOSTS: Resource Record Summary

Resource Record Summary

Image Service:
Galaxy Halos, Outer disks, Substructure, Thick disks and Star clusters (GHOSTS)

Short name: GHOSTS IVOA Identifier: ivo://archive.stsci.edu/ghosts DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.17909/T9NC7Z Publisher: Space Telescope Science Institute Archiveivo://archive.stsci.edu/stsci-arc[Pub. ID] More Info: http://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/ghosts VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.	Status: active Registered: 2012 Apr 30 20:48:59Z
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Description

The GHOSTS survey is the largest study to date of the resolved stellar populations in the outskirts of disk galaxies. The sample consists of 14 disk galaxies within 17 Mpc, whose outer disks and halos are imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).

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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: PI: Roelof De Jong

Contact Information:

X STScI Archive branch
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: 2012 Apr 30 20:48:59Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2020 Jul 22 21:59:56Z

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 data (specifically, images). With this type of service, you can search for data by issuing a query, and information about available data is returned as a table.

Resource type keywords:

Archive

Subject keywords:

Observational astronomy
Galactic and extragalactic astronomy
Galaxies

This service provides data from:

facility: HST

Intended audience or use:

Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.

More Info: http://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/ghosts

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

Available Service Interfaces

Simple Image AccessXX

This is a standard IVOA service used to search for images from this resource that overlap with a specified region of the sky.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:

http://archive.stsci.edu/siap/search.php?id=ghosts&X(version 1.0 compatible)

Image service type: Pointed: pre-computed non-survey images will be returned.
Maximum query region accepted: no size limit
Maximum region size returned: no size limit
Maximum image size returned: 0 X 0 pixels
Maximum image size returned: 233 MB
Maximum number of matching records returned: 0

	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. Available endpoints for this service interface: Interactive web page: http://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/ghosts/display_page.html