Kristen A. Larson

Physics/Astronomy Department | Western Washington University

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Data Visualization and Fusion

• Aladin Applet -- very powerful tool, can be used for calculations and plots too
• Oasis Applet -- instructions for students last updated 5/1/03
• SkyView -- choose the advanced interface

Services and Archives

• Simbad Database -- compilation of published data
• VizieR Service -- complete catalog archive, very powerful
• Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) at IPAC -- access infrared data in table form
• Multimission Archive at Space Telescope (MAST)

Surveys

• Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) Release | 2MASS Explanatory Supplement
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey | SDSS Data Release 4 | SDSS SkyServer DR4

Photometry

• a quick introduction to magnitudes and unit conversion
• zero-point fluxes
• intrinsic colors of main-sequence stars

Quick Tools

• Coordinate/object lookup
• SFD extinction map service

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