VO framework
The Virtual Observatory
The framework of standards, coordinated by the International Virtual Observatory Alliance, that lets the world's archives be searched and combined as if they were one — so an astronomer can query every telescope's data at once. TAP, Cone Search, VOEvent, and VOTable are among its standards.
Highlights
- ›The world's archives, searchable as one
Organisations, telescopes & standards
Used across the archive
Knowledge connections
- Associated withCDS
- Associated withVOTable
- Associated withMAST
- Associated withVOEvent
- Associated withTable Access Protocol
- Associated withCone Search
- Associated withSimple Image Access
- Associated withSimple Spectral Access
- Associated withThe Virtual Research Environment
- Associated withTOPCAT
- Associated withAladin
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.