The main activity at Nançay is the development and application of new radio techniques to fundamental research in astrophysics and astronomy. A number of instruments are operated on behalf of researchers in France and worldwide to conduct scientific programmes of observation of the Universe, including the nearby Earth-Space environment, the study of the Sun and the solar system, and the study of distant stars and galaxies in the Universe.
Sternberg Astronomical Institute Virtual Observatory Project
Short Name:
SAI VO
Date:
01 Jan 2006
Publisher:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute Virtual Observatory Project
Description:
Virtual Observatory project at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute
provides public access to the growing set of astronomical services developed by the SAI RVO
in accordance with the Virtual Observatory standards.
VOPSAT is a set of southern sky digital surveys based on ESO-R, SRC-J and POSS1-E atlases. The plates have been digitized with the MAMA microdensitometer with a resolution of 0.7 arc-sec. Pixel resampling will allow mosaicing neighbouring Schmidt fields up to hundreds of square degrees.
