# E.S.O. - VLT project/ESO Archive # $Id: skycat.cfg,v 1.5 Wed Jul 05 10:02:06 CEST 2006 awicenec $ # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # skycat.cfg - config file for Astronomical Catalogs # # This file is read via http by the skycat software to get # the necessary information about the available catalogs. # # The syntax for each catalog entry is: # # serv_type: service type, one of: catalog, namesvr, imagesvr # (see Service Types below) # # long_name: long name of service for displaying # short_name: short name of service # url: URL used to access catalog, %ra,%dec, etc. expanded (see below) # # symbol: the symbol to use to plot the given column value # (see Plotting below) # copyright: any copyright notice applicable to this service # # Service Types #--------------- # # The valid service types are: # # catalog - server returns a tab separated table of row/col values # archive where the headings are followed by a dashed line # # namesvr - same as catalog or archive, except server returns a single # object with id, ra and dec to resolve the given object name # # imagesvr - server returns an image file # # # Syntax for "url" field: # -------------------------- # # The url field is used to build a URL to get the results via HTTP. # The syntax is like this: # # http://host:port/cgi-bin/server?arg1&arg2&...argn # # (if ":port" is missing, it defaults to 80.) # # Substitutions are performed on the URL as follows: # # %ra, %dec - coordinates of center point # # %w, %h - width and height in arcmin around center point # # %r1, %r2 - min and max radius (for circular query) # # %m1, %m2 - min and max magnitude # # %n - max number of rows to return # # %cols - list of columns to return (col1,col2,...coln) # # %id - ID field of item to return (if supported) # # %mime-type - value for http mime-type field # # Name servers only need the %id field, which is set to the object name. # # Plotting column values # ---------------------- # # The syntax for the "symbol:" field is as follows: # # symbol: col-name symbol expr : col-name symbol expr : ... # # where # col-name - is the name of the column to plot # # symbol - is the symbol to use, one of: # square, circle, triangle, cross, plus, diamond # # expr - is an expression in terms of the column used to # determine the size of the symbol at standard # magnification. The column name can be used as a # variable in the expression using "$". # example: # symbol: mag circle 15-$mag : xyz square (1-$xyz)*2.5 # # who when what # -------- --------- ---------------------------------------------- # A.Brighton 11 Oct 95 created # M.Naumann 24 Jul 96 Updated URLs for catalog servers at the ESO # Science Archive (archive.eso.org and cgi-bin) # A.Wicenec 04 Jul 06 Updated entries for various catalogues and image servers serv_type: catalog long_name: 2MASS catalog short_name: 2MASS@CDS url: http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/asu-acl?-source=102003&-c.ra=%ra&-c.dec=%dec&-c.rm=%r2&-out.max=%n symbol: Jmag {circle red {} {} {} {$Jmag > 0.}} {{(25-$Jmag)/2.} {}} copyright: 2MASS: IPAC,UMASS,NASA,Caltech on-line at CDS serv_type: catalog long_name: ABELL at CADC short_name: abell@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/abell-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: ra square 3 serv_type: catalog long_name: APM catalog short_name: APM@eso url: http://archive.hq.eso.org/skycat/servers/APM?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radmax=%r2&mime-type=scat symbol: Rmag {circle red {} {} {} {$Rmag > 0.}} {{(25-$Rmag)/2.} {}} : {Rmag Bmag} {circle cyan {} {} {} {$Rmag == 0 && $Bmag > 0.}} {{(25-$Bmag)/2.} {}} : Rmag {circle white {} {} {} {$Rmag > 0.}} {{(24.5-$Rmag)/2.} {}} copyright: APM provided courtesy of RGO serv_type: archive long_name: CFHT Archive at CADC short_name: cfht@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/cfht-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: ra plus 3 copyright: Preview data provided courtesy of CADC/DAO/NRC serv_type: imagesvr long_name: Compressed Digitized Sky at ESO short_name: dss_c@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&mime-type=application/x-fits&x=%w&y=%h copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (c) by AURA, provided online by ESO serv_type: imagesvr long_name: Digitized Sky (I+II) at ESO short_name: dss_b@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&mime-type=application/x-fits&x=%w&y=%h&%cond search_cols: Sky-Survey Sky-Survey copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (c) by AURA, provided online by ESO serv_type: imagesvr long_name: Digitized Sky (Version II infrared) at ESO short_name: dss2_i@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&mime-type=application/x-fits&x=%w&y=%h&Sky-Survey=DSS2-infrared copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (c) by AURA, provided online by ESO serv_type: imagesvr long_name: Digitized Sky (Version II) at ESO short_name: dss2@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&mime-type=application/x-fits&x=%w&y=%h&Sky-Survey=DSS2 copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (c) by AURA, provided online by ESO serv_type: imagesvr long_name: Digitized Sky at ESO short_name: dss@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&mime-type=%mime-type&x=%w&y=%h&Sky-Survey=DSS1 copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (c) by AURA, provided online by ESO serv_type: imagesvr long_name: Digitized Sky at STScI short_name: dss@stsci url: http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_search?v=1&r=%ra&d=%dec&e=J2000&h=%h&w=%w&f=fits&c=none&fov=NONE&v3= copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (c) by AURA serv_type: catalog long_name: GSC-2 at ESO short_name: gsc2@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/gsc2query?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&r2=%r2&%cond symbol: {Fmag a e PA} {ellipse white {1-$e} {$PA} {} {$Fmag > 1 && ($e < 1)}} {{(20-$Fmag)*1.2} {}} : {Fmag e} {circle {} {} {} {} {$Fmag > 1 && ($e == 1)}} {{(20-$Fmag)*3} {}} : {a e PA Jmag} {ellipse green {1-$e} {$PA} {} {$Jmag > 1 && ($e < 1)}} {{(20-$Jmag)} {}} search_cols: m1 Jmag(Brightest) : m2 Jmag(Faintest) sort_cols: d' sort_order: increasing serv_type: catalog long_name: GSC-1 at ESO short_name: gsc@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/gsc-server?%ra%dec&r=%r1,%r2&%cond&n=%n&f=8&s=R&F=* symbol: mag {cross yellow {} {} {} {}} {{(15-$mag)*2.} {}} search_cols: mag {Brightest (min)} {Faintest (max)} serv_type: catalog long_name: HIPPARCOS catalog short_name: HIPPARCOS@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/generic_serv?-c.ra=%ra&-c.dec=%dec&-c.bm=%r2&-source=HIP&-mime=text/tsv symbol: B_T {square {} {} {} {} {}} {{(15-$B_T)/1200.} {deg 2000}} serv_type: archive long_name: HST Archive at CADC short_name: hst@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/hst-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: ra plus 2 copyright: Preview data provided courtesy of CADC/DAO/NRC serv_type: archive long_name: HST Archive at ESO/ECF short_name: hst@eso url: http://archive.eso.org:8123/general-server/bin/general-server-V0.61?-source=hstscience&-c.ra=%ra&-c.dec=%dec&-c.bm=%r2&-out.max=%n&-mime=skycat&-pv_type_i=HFITS&-pv_type_s=ASCII symbol: RA plus 3 copyright: Preview data provided courtesy of CADC/DAO/NRC serv_type: catalog long_name: IRAS PSC at ESO short_name: iras_psc@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/iras-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: ra triangle 2 serv_type: catalog long_name: NED short_name: ned@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/ned-server?%ra%dec&r=%r2&n=%n symbol: Obj-Type square 2 copyright: Provided by courtesy of NASA/IPAC serv_type: namesvr long_name: NED Names short_name: ned_ns@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/ned-server?&o=%id serv_type: catalog long_name: PPM at ESO short_name: ppm@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/ppm-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n&mime=skycat symbol: mag circle {15-$mag} serv_type: catalog long_name: QSO at CADC short_name: qso@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/qso-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: REDSHIFT diamond {5-$REDSHIFT} serv_type: catalog long_name: RC3 at CADC short_name: rc3@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/rc3-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: ra square 3 serv_type: catalog long_name: SAO at CADC short_name: sao@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/sao-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: {V MAGNITUDE} circle {15-${V MAGNITUDE}/100.0} serv_type: catalog long_name: SIMBAD short_name: simbad@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/sim-server?c=%ra%dec&r=%r2&n=%n symbol: mv {diamond {} {} {} {} {}} {5 {}} copyright: Provided by courtesy of CDS serv_type: namesvr long_name: SIMBAD Names short_name: simbad_ns@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/sim-server?&o=%id serv_type: catalog long_name: TYCHO catalog short_name: TYCHO@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/generic_serv?-c.ra=%ra&-c.dec=%dec&-c.rm=%r2&-source=TYC&-mime=text/tsv symbol: {V_T B_T} {diamond {} {} {} {} {}} {{(11-$V_T)*2} {}} serv_type: catalog long_name: TYCHO-2 catalog short_name: TYCHO-2@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/generic_serv?-c.ra=%ra&-c.dec=%dec&-c.bm=%r2&-source=TYC2&-mime=text/tsv symbol: {B_T V_T} {circle {} {} {} {} {$V_T >0 && $V_T <= 9.5 && $B_T > 9.5}} {{(13.-$V_T)*2.} {}} : {B_T V_T} {circle yellow {} {} {} {$B_T >0 && $B_T <= 9.5}} {{(13.-$B_T)*2.} {}} : {B_T V_T} {plus {} {} {} {} {$B_T > 9.5 && $V_T > 9.5}} {{(13.-$B_T)*2.} {}} : {B_T V_T} {circle {} {} {} {} {}} {{(13.-$V_T)*2} {}} sort_cols: B_T sort_order: increasing serv_type: catalog long_name: UCAC2 catalog short_name: UCAC2@ESO url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/ucac2?c=%ra%dec&r=%r1,%r2&f=8 symbol: Jmag {triangle {} {} {} {} {}} {{18-$Jmag} {}} sort_order: increasing copyright: US Naval Observatory serv_type: catalog long_name: UK Schmidt Plate Catalogue short_name: ukst@roe url: http://www.roe.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ukstsrv.wrap?%ra%dec&r=%r1,%r2&m=%m1,%m2&n=%n&f=8&s=R&F=* copyright: Provided by courtesy of ROE serv_type: catalog long_name: USNO-A2 at ESO short_name: usno@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/usnoa-server?%ra%dec&radius=%r1,%r2&%cond&format=8&sort=mr symbol: mag {circle cyan 1 0 {} {}} {{(25-$mag)/2.} {}} search_cols: mag {Brightest (min)} {Faintest (max)} sort_cols: mag sort_order: increasing copyright: Provided by courtesy of the US Naval Observatory serv_type: archive long_name: VLT Archive at ESO short_name: vlt@eso url: http://archive.eso.org/skycat/servers/wwwdp_serv2?-c.ra=%ra&-c.dec=%dec&-c.bm=%r2&-out.max=%n&-source=public_dp&-mime=tsv symbol: ra {plus {} {} {} {} {}} {5 {}} : ra {square {} {} {} {} {}} {0.0833 {deg 2000}} serv_type: catalog long_name: ZCAT at CADC short_name: zcat@cadc url: http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/zcat-server?ra=%ra&dec=%dec&radius=%r2&nout=%n symbol: VHELIO cross {$VHELIO/100.0}