MACHO Project: Lightcurve Retrieval Startup Information


Index

1.0Lightcurve Retrieval
2.0Links to Documentation
3.0Demonstration Use
    3.1Sample Input
    3.2Sample Result


1.0 Lightcurve Retrieval

The Lightcurve Retrieval interface returns summaries of stars within the user-defined region. The summaries provide hot-click access to a web lightcurve browser and hot-click selection for ftp download of lightcurve datasets.

2.0 Links to Documentation

Embedded are links to the help pages available during lightcurve query, selection, and browsing.

3.0 Demonstration Use

3.1 Sample Input: Lightcurve Selection query

Startup   |   Help   |   Templates   |     |   
Sample:    Units [ HMS/DMS/arcsec ]    Equinox [ J2000 ]   
RA [
5:1:15.2 ]    Dec [ -69:25:59.5 ]    Search Radius [ 60 ]

Sample:    Units [ radians ]     Equinox [ J2000 ]   
RA [
1.31447 ]    Dec [ -1.21183 ]     Search Radius [ .0003 ]

Sample:    Units [ degrees ]     Equinox [ J2000 ]   
RA [
75.313 ]    Dec [ -69.433 ]     Search Radius [ .0167 ]

Units Equinox
RA Dec Search Radius
Deliver stars closest to centerpoint.

3.2 Sample Result: Lightcurve Selection

Help   |   New Search   |   Templates   |  
( 60 arcsec ) region centered on   RA   05:01:15.200     Dec   -69:25:59.50

Note Lightcurve Browser always displays in second window.

Lightcurve Location (J2000) MACHO id
(F.T.S)
proximity
(arcsec)
template mag
redblue
ViewBundleRA 5:1:15.2533    Dec -69:25:59.435 1.3319.100.288116-9738-8398
ViewBundleRA 5:1:14.8039    Dec -69:25:55.428 1.3319.414.57586-4201-4040
ViewBundleRA 5:1:14.2123    Dec -69:26:0.618 1.3319.355.32357-4577-4969
ViewBundleRA 5:1:16.1577    Dec -69:26:1.55 1.3319.205.44723-5401-5046
ViewBundleRA 5:1:15.5653    Dec -69:25:53.379 1.3319.466.4166-3773-3163

Acknowledgement to use when referencing MACHO Project data

"This paper utilizes public domain data originally obtained by the MACHO Project, whose work was performed under the joint auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration by the University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract No. W-7405-Eng-48, the National Science Foundation through the Center for Particle Astrophysics of the University of California under cooperative agreement AST-8809616, and the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, part of the Australian National University."


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