VO framework

The Virtual Observatory

The framework of standards, coordinated by the International Virtual Observatory Alliance, that lets the world's archives be searched and combined as if they were one — so an astronomer can query every telescope's data at once. TAP, Cone Search, VOEvent, and VOTable are among its standards.

Highlights

›The world's archives, searchable as one

Used across the archive

Knowledge connections

Associated withCDS
Associated withVOTable
Associated withMAST
Associated withVOEvent
Associated withTable Access Protocol
Associated withCone Search
Associated withSimple Image Access
Associated withSimple Spectral Access
Associated withThe Virtual Research Environment
Associated withTOPCAT
Associated withAladin

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

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The Virtual Observatory

Highlights

Organisations, telescopes & standards

Used across the archive

Knowledge connections

Sources

The Virtual Observatory

Highlights

Organisations, telescopes & standards

Used across the archive

Knowledge connections

Sources