MACHO Project: Image Retrieval Startup Information
Index
Data Acquisition
Data file acquisition is the result of a 3 step process:
(1) user specifies the record selection criteria using the query input form;
(2) user reviews, and optionally edits, the logical query generated from
the input form;
(3) on display of the selected record summaries, the user selects
Browser Setup Prior to File Retrieval
In order to immediately display fits image files on your local workstation, setup your browser to invoke a fits image display tool on receipt of files ending with .fits. Tools which understand fits images include: ximtool, xv, iraf, and saoimage.For example, assuming a Netscape browser, select:
Add the new entry:
Of course, you'll need to have ximtool in your search path.
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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