Add-on:SDSS
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- | {{Infobox WorldWindAddon | | + | #REDIRECT [[SDSS]] |
- | name = SDSS | | + | |
- | screenshot = NGC2549.jpeg | | + | |
- | caption = NGC 2549 an example of a lenticular galaxy| | + | |
- | developer = Andrew Connolly | | + | |
- | latest_release_version = 1.0 | | + | |
- | latest_release_date = 2006-03-17 | | + | |
- | license = ? | | + | |
- | website = [http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/ Sloan Digital Sky Survey] | | + | |
- | }} | + | |
- | The SDSS add-on displays data from the [http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/ Sloan Digital Sky | + | |
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- | Survey], in World Wind. There is a Quicktime movie of this add-on available | + | |
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- | [http://www.worldwindcentral.com/download/smallSpin.mov click here to view it]. | + | |
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- | ==Installation== | + | |
- | Download [http://www.worldwindcentral.com/download/WorldWind_1.3_SDSS_1.0.exe SDSS add-on v1.0] and double | + | |
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- | click the downloaded file, follow the on-screen prompts to install the add-on. | + | |
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- | ==Usage== | + | |
- | To use the add-on load World Wind, and you will see several new icons on World Winds toolbar | + | |
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- | (see figure 1). | + | |
- | [[Image:Sdss-toolbar.gif|left|thumb|figure 1]] | + | |
- | <br style="clear:both;"> | + | |
- | Click on a button and wait as the images load. | + | |
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- | ==Data source== | + | |
- | [http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/ The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)] - The Sloan Digital Sky | + | |
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- | Survey (SDSS) is the most ambitious astronomical survey ever undertaken. When completed, it | + | |
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- | will provide detailed optical images covering more than a quarter of the sky, and a | + | |
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- | 3-dimensional map of about a million galaxies and quasars. As the survey progresses, the data | + | |
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- | are released to the scientific community and the general public in annual increments. | + | |
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- | ==Credits== | + | |
- | [http://www.sdss.org/ SDSS] Andrew Connolly, Simon Krughoff, Ryan Scranton and Istvan Csabai. | + | |
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- | The installer for this plug-in was made using a script created by [[User:Mazop|mazop]]. | + |
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