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Organization:
United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station

Short name: USNOFS IVOA Identifier: ivo://fs.usno/orgPublisher: 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 20:20:23Z
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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 20:20:23Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2007 Apr 11 08:52:38Z

What This Resource is About

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Resource Class: Organisation: This resource represents an organization, institute, or academic departmentthat provides and/or uses VO data, services, or applications.

Resource type keywords: Archive Catalog BasicData 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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