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May 06
2013
The May 2013 issue of the IVOA Newsletter is now available at
http://ivoa.net/newsletter/010/. This biannual newsletter for
astronomers is intended to highlight new capabilities of VO tools and
technologies for doing astronomy research. It also lists recent papers
and upcoming events.
Featured in this issue:
Comments and feedback are encouraged; you may contact the editors at
ivoa-news-editors@ivoa.net.
The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) was formed in
June 2002 with a mission to facilitate the international coordination
and collaboration necessary for the development and deployment of the
tools, systems and organizational structures necessary to enable the
international utilization of astronomical archives as an integrated
and interoperating virtual observatory. You can read more about the
IVOA at http://www.ivoa.net/about.