DSS Web Sites
There are several Web sites around the world offering the Digitized Sky Survey.
If your site offers a public access to the Digitized Sky Survey,
let us know and we'll add it here.
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia
UNITED STATES
- STScI Digitized Sky Survey
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
http://archive.stsci.edu/dss/
- That's us. Our site features access to both the First and Second
Generation sky surveys, and can overlay HST's field of view
onto GIF images.
- SkyView
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- A muli-wavelength virtual observatory. Features the 1st Generation DSS
along with high energy, ultraviolet, infrared, and radio surveys.
Can plot grids on images. There are several forms to choose from,
including a new Java interface.
CANADA
- Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, British Columbia
http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/dss/
- Features access to both First and Generation surveys and a batch mode.
EUROPE
- ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey
European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss/
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- SkyEye
Instituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy
http://db.ira.cnr.it/skyeye/
- This site offers the files in FITS, GIF, GEIS, or JPEG, and features
a batch queue and email interface. It also has a feature to make
the FITS files compatible with AIPS. (Access from the US may be slow.)
SkyEye is part of the
Astronomical Virtual Observatory.
- LEDAS Digitized Sky Survey Image Browser
Leicester Database and Archive Service, University of Leicester, UK
http://ledas-www.star.le.ac.uk/DSSimage/
- An experimental service offering a simple and quick interface.
ASIA
- Digitized Sky Survey Online
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
http://dss.mtk.nao.ac.jp/
- NAOJ offers access to both the 1st and 2nd Generation Digitized Sky Surveys,
a batch email interface, and access to the IRAS Sky Survey Atlas (ISSA) and the
Green Bank Sky Map (GBSM). (Access from outside Asia may be slow.)
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