Instructions for using TOPCAT to load the results of a Cone Search can be found here.įor manual queries, the URL to submit your request to is:
This is especially useful if you would like to call a Cone Search from within a script. wget, Python) using the Virtual Observatory Simple Cone Search standard. You may also directly submit requests to this Cone Search service via TOPCAT, your web browser or other favourite tool (e.g. Virtual Observatory Access (Simple Cone Search) ^ Back to top The table can then be saved as a VOTable (XML), CSV or tab separated file, or the entire table sent to TOPCAT (if it is running) or another Virtual Observatory client for further processing. You may re-sort the columns by clicking on the headers, or filter the rows using a variety of operators (including ) to select only those objects meeting your criteria. The query page will validate your inputs before performing the search to avoid any errors. By default, Cone Search results are sorted by the angular distance from the query centre. For more complex queries (including cross-matching), we suggest using the SkyMapper TAP service described below.
HOW TO USE TOPCAT FULL
Full Catalogue Search (including TAP access ).Cone Search (including SCS and Multi-object).All three methods can also be accessed through Virtual Observatory-compatible tools such as TOPCAT, Aladin and custom scripts. We currently provide three ways of accessing SkyMapper Southern Survey data - a simple cone search of the catalogues around a given sky position, arbitrary queries of the full database and external tables using ADQL, and reduced image cutouts with WCS around a given sky position. Data releases are usually made globally available after 12 to 18 months.Īustralian users currently have access to DR3 and all previous data releases. Collaborators residing outside of Australia can also be provided with access to the data. If you encounter errors, try updating URLs to Operations of SkyMapper's Southern Sky Survey were supported by an ARC LIEF grant from 2014 to 2019, which also provides for priority data access to Australian users (persons residing within Australia). The SkyMapper website and services have recently migrated to HTTPS.