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VODesktop Usage Examples

Data access

  • Introduction to data access
  • Data Access Worksheet
  • Cone Searches
  • Queries to databases using ADQL

Examples for specific datasets

  • UKIDSS data
  • MERLIN Imager and Cut-out service for MERLIN+VLA HDF(N) images
  • IPHAS data
  • Hipparcos Newly Reduced Astrometric Catalogue

Data Analysis

  • Cross Matching

Python Examples

To run the examples below you will need the Astrogrid python module installed: see Installing and running Astrogrid python

  • Search a catalogue for sources in a number of positions
  • Search a catalogue for sources in a number of positions (parallel version)
  • Search for images covering selected objects or areas
  • Cross Match two tables
  • Submit an ADQL query to UKIDSS DR1
  • Cross Match two tables returned by ADQL queries (IPHAS + 2MASS)
  • Convert between file formats (eg. VOTABLE to FITS)
  • Extract objects from images using SExtractor

These and other Python scripts are available as a tar file: python.tar.gz.

  • ColourCutter: Crossmatch catalogue data selected by colour (FIR to optical)

Solar and STP Examples

  • Hinode EIS data access
  • Querying the Solar Event Catalogue
  • VOTada: CHIANTI on AstroGrid
  • Running the CTIP model

End to End Science Examples

  • Stellar Jets
  • X-ray binaries in the galactic plane

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.