Virtual Observatory Software for Astronomers

The AstroGrid Help System

The first few links in the menu provide introductory overviews for the three parts of the AstroGrid Desktop suite, which you will want to read as you first try the software. The Reference Help link leads to the contents page for more detailed documentation for VO Desktop and AstroGrid Python scripting. (Topcat has detailed documentation embedded in the application.) Finally, we provide a set of blow-by-blow examples of using AstroGrid software to do various tasks.

The Reference Help pages will also be available as a single pdf file soon.

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Acknowledging AstroGrid. If you make use of the AstroGrid system or tools, we would be grateful if you could acknowledge this use in any resulting publications. You could use these words: 'This research has made use of data obtained using, or software provided by, the UK's AstroGrid Virtual Observatory Project, which is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council and through the EU's Framework 6 programme.' Use of any data discovered or accessed through AstroGrid should of course be mentioned as noted by the data providers.

Licensing and Copyright. AstroGrid software is released under the Academic Free License.. The copyright on the text used in these web pages is owned by the contributing authors. Copyright on images used are assumed to be with the indicated or implied source as appropriate.