VAO Data Discovery Tool
Version 1.1

Welcome to VAO Data Discovery. With this tool you can find datasets from thousands of astronomical collections known to the VO and over wide areas of the sky. This includes today's the most important collections from archives around the world such as:

  • Chandra X-ray Observatory
  • Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and other collections from the Multimission Archive at STScI (MAST)
  • Multi-band collections from NASA HEASARC
  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
  • Spitzer Space Telescope
  • Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
  • CDS Vizier Calatlogs
  • plus many more ...

Features

  • Search by object name or position
  • Fast searching of large regions for selected important collections
  • Full searching of all known image and catalog collections
  • Filter data based on data type, publisher, waveband
  • Download images or selected catalog records
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Browser Compatibility: To use this tool, Javascript must be enabled. This beta version works best with Firefox (v3.x or greater), Chrome, and Safari. The tool may not be compatible with all versions of Internet Explorer.

Using the Discovery Tool

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