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+title: "IVOA NEWSLETTER - December 2008"
+date: 2008-12-01T02:01:00+02:00
+tags:
+- news
+highlights:
+- AstroGrid VO Desktop Suite
+- VirGO v1.3.1
+- VO-CLI - Command Line Tools for the VO
+- Large Images in Aladin
+- Some recent papers about VO-enabled science
+- VO calendar
+---
+
+### What is the VO?
+
+The Virtual Observatory (VO) aims to provide a research environment that will
+open up new possibilities for scientific research based on data discovery,
+efficient data access, and interoperability. The vision is of global astronomy
+archives connected via the VO to form a multiwavelength digital sky that can be
+searched, visualized, and analyzed in new and innovative ways. VO projects
+worldwide working toward this vision are already providing science capabilities
+with new tools and services. This newsletter, aimed at astronomers, highlights
+VO tools and technologies for doing astronomy research, recent papers, and
+upcoming events
+
+### What is the IVOA?
+
+The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) was formed in June 2002
+with a mission to "facilitate the international coordination and collaboration
+necessary for the development and deployment of the tools, systems, and
+organizational structures necessary to enable the international utilization of
+astronomical archives as an integrated and interoperating virtual observatory."
+The IVOA now comprises 16 VO projects from Armenia, Australia, Canada, China,
+Europe, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Spain, the
+United Kingdom, and the United States. Membership is open to other national and
+international projects according to the IVOA Guidelines for Participation. You
+can read more about the IVOA and what we do at <http://www.ivoa.net/pub/info/>.
+
+# VO applications highlights
+
+### AstroGrid VO Desktop Suite
+
+{{< side-image image="astrogrid_sh_thumb.jpg" >}}
+
+This newly released suite includes several interlinked tools including an
+iTunes-inspired browser, VOExplorer, which allows you to search, filter, save
+and bookmark your favourite VO resources. You can search for data by position,
+or run more complex queries where available. AstroRuntime software runs in the
+background and allows seamless visualization of selected catalogues, images,
+spectra, and time domain datasets in VO enabled tools. You can also save and
+share files in VOSpace and invoke remote applications. For those wanting
+command-line access, all the functionality of the VODesktop is available using
+python scripting, with IDL to follow.
+
+**More information:** <http://www.astrogrid.org>
+
+{{</ side-image >}}
+
+### VirGO v1.3.1
+
+{{< side-image image="VirGOLogo.png" >}}
+
+VirGO is the next generation visual browser for the ESO Science Archive
+Facility. VirGO provides an easy access to millions of raw frames in a visual
+and intuitive way. Its main feature is the performance of real-time access and
+graphical display of a large number of observations by showing instrumental
+footprints and image previews, and the selection and filtering for subsequent
+retrieval. It uses the DSS as background images and allows the user to view the
+sky in a "real-life mode" as seen from the main ESO sites. Data interfaces are
+based on VO standards, enabling access to images and spectra hosted by other
+data centers. VirGO can also exchange data with other VO applications through
+the PLASTIC messaging system. A large fraction of ESO's non proprietary science
+products are already accessible through VirGO and more are to come, including
+the data products from the ESO Public Surveys.
+
+**More information:** <http://archive.eso.org/cms/virgo/>
+
+{{</ side-image >}}
+
+### VO-CLI - Command Line Tools for the VO
+
+{{< side-image image="m33_vocli.png" >}}
+
+VO-CLI is a package of command-line tools that provides familiar unix-like
+access to VO services while hiding much of the complexity of the underlying VO
+framework from novice users. These tools can be used from the desktop, in
+various scripting environments, or in back-end CGI scripting to support web
+applications, and have the ability to output results in a variety of formats.
+Another key feature of the package is the ability to optionally use "common"
+names for both objects and VO resources; these names are resolved internally to
+sky positions or service URLs. "Power users" will quickly become proficient
+using the command-line interface; a web interface to the tasks is also available
+for novice users or those wishing to experiment.
+
+**More information:** <http://iraf-nvo.noao.edu/vo-cli/>
+
+{{</ side-image >}}
+
+
+### Large Images in Aladin
+
+{{< side-image image="aladin_small.jpg" >}}
+
+The latest version of the Aladin software provided by CDS in Strasbourg now
+supports use of large images, unlimited by the local computer memory. Other
+changes include image transparency, automatic scale and orientation adjustment,
+Russian & traditional Chinese translation, and more. Aladin is an interactive
+software sky atlas allowing the user to visualize digitized astronomical images,
+superimpose entries from astronomical catalogues or databases, and interactively
+access related data and information from the Simbad database, the VizieR service
+and other archives for all known sources in the field
+
+**More information:** <http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml>
+
+{{</ side-image >}}
+
+# Some recent papers about VO-enabled science
+
+- [VOSA: Virtual Observatory SED Analyzer. An application to the Collinder 69 open cluster](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008arXiv0808.0270B) Bayo A. et al., 2008, A&A, in press
+- [Young stars and brown dwarfs surrounding Alnilam (eps Ori) and Mintaka (del Ori)](http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2008A%26A...485..931C) Caballero J.A. & Solano E., 2008, A&A, 485, 931
+- [SDSSJ124155.33+114003.7 -- a Missing Link Between Compact Elliptical and Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies](http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2008MNRAS.385L..83C) Chilingarian I.V. & Mamon G.A., 2008, MNRAS, 385, 83
+- [Invisible sunspots and rate of solar magnetic flux emergence](http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2008A%26A...479L...1D) Dalla S., Fletcher L., Walton, N. A., 2008, A&A, 479, L1
+- [Fossil Groups in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey](http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2007AJ....134.1551S) Santos W.A., Mendes de Oliveira C., Sodre L. Jr, 2007, AJ, 134, 1551
+- [Albus 1: A Very Bright White Dwarf Candidate](http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2007ApJ...665L.151C) Caballero J.A., Solano E., 2007, ApJ, 665, L151
+- [Using VO tools to investigate distant radio starbursts hosting obscured AGN in the HDF(N) region](http://esoads.eso.org/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2007arXiv0706.3777R) Richards A.M.S., Muxlow T.W.B., Beswick,R., et al., 2007, A&A, 472, 805
+- [Flare productivity of newly-emerged paired and isolated solar active regions](http://esoads.eso.org/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2007A&A...468.1103D) Dalla S., Fletcher L., Walton N.A., 2007, A&A, 468, 1103
+- [eSDO algorithms, data centre and visualization tools](http://esoads.eso.org/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2007AN....328..356A) Auden E., Toutain T., Zharkov S., 2007, AN, 328, 356
+
+### More Ways to Find VO-related Publications
+
+- [All ADS links](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=%22virtual+observatory%22&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1) mentioning the "virtual observatory" in the abstract
+- [All refereed publications](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=%22virtual+observatory%22&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=NO&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1) mentioning the "virtual observatory" in the abstract
+
+# VO calendar
+
+- **1-3 December 2008: [Multi-wavelength Astronomy & VO Workshop: a Euro-VO AIDA Community Workshop](http://esavo.esa.int/MultiwavelengthVOWorkshopDec2008/)**
+
+  (ESAC, Villafranca del Castillo, Spain)
+
+  The VO is becoming indispensable for accessing and handling the exponentially
+  increasing data volume. The goal of this workshop is to pinpoint the
+  challenges multi-wavelength astronomy will be facing in the coming years and
+  to identify how the unique capabilities intrinsic to the VO concept can meet
+  them.
+
+* **4-9 January, 2009: 213th [American Astronomical Society Meeting](http://aas.org/meetings/aas213)**
+
+  (Long Beach, California, USA)
+
+  The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is the major organization of
+  professional astronomers in North America.
+
+* **2-5 March 2009: [Second International Workshop on Practical Semantic Astronomy](http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/workshops/semast09/)**
+
+  (Glasgow, UK)
+
+  This workshop brings together experts from a broad range of disciplines using
+  semantic technologies, alongside practitioners experimenting with these
+  technologies to address current problems in astroinformatics. Currently we are
+  seeking papers for the workshop.
+
+* **24-29 May, 2009 [IVOA Interoperability Meeting](http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2009)**
+
+  (Strasbourg, France)
+
+  The IVOA Interop Meetings are aimed at making significant progress in
+  generating new standards powering the development of the world wide Virtual
+  Observatory initiatives.
+
+* **14 June - 5 July 2009: [Wide-Fast-Deep Surveys: New Astrophysics Frontier](http://aspenphys.org/documents/program/summer09.html)**
+
+  (Aspen, Colorado, USA)
+
+  The goal of this workshop is to bring theorists, observers, and computational
+  scientists together to discuss the discovery space of wide-fast-deep surveys,
+  and to develop algorithms and observing strategies that maximize the
+  scientific return of such a program.
+
+* **4-8 October 2009: [ADASS XIX](http://www.adass.org/)**
+
+  (Sapporo, Japan)
+
+  The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held
+  each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference
+  provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms,
+  software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction,
+  analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data.
+
+----
+
+**IVOA Newsletter Editors:**
+
+- Mark G. Allen
+- Sarah Emery Bunn
+- Evanthia Hatziminaoglou
+- Bob Mann
+- Thomas. A. McGlynn
+- Christopher J. Miller
+- Anita M.S. Richards
+- Jonathan Tedds
+
+[write to the editors](mailto:[email protected])
+
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