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| Paper: |
Visualising Virtual Observatory Data in Digital Planetaria |
| Volume: |
527, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIX |
| Page: |
229 |
| Authors: |
Soancatl–Aguilar, V.; Williams, O. R.; Ji, C.; Valentijn, E. A.; Mathlener, A.; Roerdink, J. B. T. M. |
| Abstract: |
The Virtual Observatory provides a rich source of material for
preparing presentations for the general public in digital
planetaria. However, the effort required in preparing the data for
displaying in most planetaria is considerable. The most common
software used in domes today (e.g. Sky-Skan's DigitalSky 2 E&S'
Digistar) cannot read data from standard astronomical formats. We
present plans for a simple interface which will enable the
extraction of catalogue data from the Virtual Observatory and its
conversion into formats which can be used by both commercial and
open-source systems. It is intended to explicitly use this
capability with a relatively new open-source visualisation system,
called Openspace. A prototype has been used to extract data from the
second Gaia data release and the third KiDS data release. The work
is complementary to that of the Data2Dome consortium, which
concentrates on images and recent events rather than the access to
archival catalogues. |
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