Working with IPHAS Galactic Plane Data

IPHAS is a survey of the Galactic Plane - see the project pages at http://www.iphas.org.

The Initial Data Release of the northern galactic plane data set has been released through VO protocols, as described in Gonzales-Solares et al, 2008 (see astro-ph). Its contents is described in the IDR Pages.

These pages gives some examples of access to IPHAS data and usage of this in the scientific context.

Accessing the IPHAS database

See sample queries to IPHAS

Python Scripts and IPHAS

Cross matching IPHAS and 2MASS

Down load this python script dsa_xmatch_iphas_2mass.py (click the download to other fomats - original format at the bottom of the page) and run with:

python dsa_xmatch_iphas_2mass.py

it will give a file in your vospace directory ivo://uk.ac.le.star/naw#durban/iphas_twomass01.vot which you will be able to see (run up VO File Explorer) and view in TopCat.

Example Movies

To view the movies, click the movie link and then at the bottom of the download page - click the Download in other formats: Original Format link. The flash movie will then play - assuming that your browser has a flash player plugin installed. If you open using MacOS 10.5 - open the download with the firefox browser.

• This Adobe Flash Movie (11.2MB) shows the discovery and retrieval of IPHAS images and object catalogues around the nebula IC 5070.
  • This .exe file (13.8MB) is a zipped MS Windows .exe file which will run the movie.

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