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The National Virtual Observatory (2002)
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@MISC{Brunner02thenational,
author = {Robert J. Brunner and S. George Djorgovski and Thomas A. Prince and Alex S. Szalay},
title = {The National Virtual Observatory},
year = {2002}
}
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Abstract
As a scientific discipline, Astronomy is rather unique. We only have one laboratory, the Universe, and we cannot, of course, change the initial conditions and study the resulting e#ects. On top of this, acquiring Astronomical data has historically been a very labor-intensive e#ort. As a result, data has traditionally been preserved for posterity. With recent technological advances, however, the rate at which we acquire new data has grown exponentially, which has generated a Data Tsunami, whose wave train threatens to overwhelm the field. In this conference proceedings, we present and define the concept of virtual observatories, which we feel is the only logical answer to this dilemma. 1. The Problem A major paradigm shift is now taking place in astronomy and space science. Astronomy has suddenly become an immensely data-rich field, with numerous digital sky surveys across a range of wavelengths, with many Terabytes of pixels and with billions of detected sources, often with tens of...
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national virtual observatory recent technological advance virtual observatory astronomical data logical answer new data many terabyte numerous digital sky survey wave train threatens conference proceeding data tsunami initial condition immensely data-rich field labor-intensive ort problem major paradigm shift scientific discipline detected source space science
