Astrophysical Virtual Observatory
- Astrophysical Virtual Observatory
The Astrophysical Virtual Observatory Project (AVO) conducted a research and demonstration programme on the scientific requirements and technologies necessary to build a VO for European astronomy. The AVO has been jointly funded by the European Commission (under FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme) with six European organisations participating in a three year Phase-A work programme, valued at 5 million Euro. The partner organisations were the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Munich, Germany, the European Space Agency (ESA), AstroGrid (funded by PPARC as part of the UK's E-Science programme), the CNRS-supported Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS), the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, the CNRS-supported TERAPIX astronomical data centre at the Institut d'Astrophysique in Paris, France, and the Jodrell Bank Observatory of the Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
The Phase A program focussed its effort in the following areas:
*A detailed description of the science requirements for the AVO was constructed, following the experience gained in a smaller-scale science demonstration program called ASTROVIRTEL (Accessing Astronomical Archives as Virtual Telescopes).
*The difficult issue of data and archive interoperability was addressed by new standards definitions for astronomical data and trial programmes of "joins" between specific target archives within the project team.
*The necessary GRID and database technologies were assessed and tested for use within a full AVO implementation.
External links
* [http://www.euro-vo.org/avo/ Astrophysical Virtual Observatory ] or AVO
*Its continuation project [http://www.euro-vo.org EURO-VO] or European Virtual Observatory Euro-VO
* [http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0115.html AVO at ESA/Hubble]
References
* [http://ivoa.net/pub/info/OECD-QLH-Final.pdf Discussion Paper for the OECD Global Science Forum (P. J. Quinn & A. Lawrence & R. J. Hanisch)]
* [http://www.interquanta.biz/vos/ Virtual Observatories initiatives worldwide, State of the projects 2006 ( www.Interquanta.biz/vos )] highlights that EURO-VO is the continuation from AVO as a Phase-B deployment of an operational VO in Europe.
* [http://vo.obspm.fr/seminaire/seminaire2004-2005.html List of Seminars in VOs 2004-5 ( Meudon Observatory )]
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