VAO Science Tools
 Data Discovery Tool (version 1.1)Retrieve astronomical data about a given position or object in the sky. Getting Started: Video Tutorial MP4 or YouTube | User Guide |
 Cross-Comparision Tool (version 1.0 beta 1)Perform fast positional cross-matches between an input table of up to 1 million sources and common astronomical source catalogs. Getting Started: Video Tutorial MP4 or YouTube| User Guide |
 Iris: SED Analysis Tool (version 1.0)Find, plot, and fit spectral energy distributions (SEDs) Getting Started: Video Tutorial MP4 or YouTube | User Guide |
 Time Series Search Tool (version 1.0 beta 1)Discover time-series data from three major archives & analyze them with the NASA Exoplanet Archive periodogram application Getting Started: Video Tutorial MP4 or YouTube | User Guide |
More VO Tools & Applications
This is just a selective sample of the VO tools and services that have been developed by various Virtual Observatory projects around the world. For a more complete listing, see this evolving list at the IVOA Applications Working Group page. Tools developed by the National Virtual Observatory (NVO), the predecessor to the VAO, are still available at http://www.us-vo.org
- Monitor real-time alerts of transient events:
Skyalert - Manipulate tabular data graphically :
TOPCAT - Find and overlay images at different wavelengths:
Aladin - Make mosaics from 2MASS, DPOSS, or SDSS:
Montage - Plot results from VO queries:
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