The Virtual Observatory India (VO-India) project is a collaboration between two participating institutes. i.e. Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and Persistent Systems Ltd., Pune. This project is supported by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India.
The VO-India project is a member of International Virtual Observatory Alliance (
Virtual Observatory). The project aims at developing free software for astronomy data analysis and visualization.
Objectives
* Undertake research and development for data search and retrieval.
* Develop software for equal and efficient use of the data.
* Enable astronomers and other interested scientists to undertake major scientific projects using the data.
* Make the technology available for use by other fields, like remote sensing, population studies, which involve large amounts of data.
Tools/Applications
Notable tools developed under the initiative are:
* VOPlot - 2D/3D plotting tool
* Mosaic Service - Astronomy image mosaicing service
* VOStat - Simple UI few selected R routines which will be of interest to people working in astrophysics domain
A complete list of products is available at http://voi.iucaa.in/voi/products.htm
All the tools can be downloaded for free. Source code will be made available on request.
As part of VO-India project, web applications for astronomy proposal submission and evaluation have also been developed for
GMRT
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), located near Pune, Junnar, near Narayangaon at khodad in India, is an array of thirty fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes of 45 metre diameter, observing at metre wavelengths. It is operated by t ...
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IGO observation facilities. Web interface for the data archives for both the facilities are being developed under VO-India initiative.
See also
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Virtual Observatory, Wiki article about the Virtual Observatory initiative
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Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in ...
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Persistent Systems
Persistent Systems is an Indian multinational technology services company which was incorporated on 16 May 1990. Persistent Systems is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
Shares in the company were listed on ...
External links
VO-India project Home PagePersistent Systems Home Page (One of the collaborators)IUCAA Home Page (One of the collaborators)
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Virtual observatories
Astronomical observatories in India
Science and technology in Maharashtra
Science and technology in Pune