Downloading the sky [virtual observatory].

Downloading the sky [virtual observatory].

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An international collaboration of astronomers and computer scientists is piecing together the means to connect all stored data collected over the last several decades by hundreds of ground-based and orbiting observatories in thousands of archives. Their efforts will create the world's biggest a...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 41, 8 (2004).
Main Author: McDowell, J.C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Internet.
Virtual Observatory.
Archives.
Astronomers.
Astronomical telescopes.
Computer scientists.
Grid computing network.
Image downloading.
Large-scale simulations.