Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory

Simon O'Toole; Katrina Sealey

Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory

Simon O'Toole^*, Katrina Sealey

^*Corresponding author for this work

Australian Astronomical Optics

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Abstract

The Australian All-Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO) consists currently of 5 nodes. There are 2 nodes with optical astronomical data; Data Central (Macquarie University) and SkyMapper (Australian National University). There are 2 nodes with radio data; Murchison Wide Field Array (MWA, Curtin University) and CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA, CSIRO). The last node is the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO, Swinbume University). These 5 nodes work together under the unified ASVO.

The Australian astronomical user community is driving multi-node and multi wavelength use cases, for example, querying Data Central spectroscopic data with SkyMapper imaging data. Meeting the user requirements of the community comes with complexities and challenges. Some of the challenges we are facing include a single sign-on (unified authorisation/authentication) and the querying and representation of very different remote data, such as, overlaying Galactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA Survey (GLEAM) data stored in Western Australia with imaging data stored in Eastern Australian states. This presentation will discuss the challenges and successes in both co-ordinating the Australian ASVO and providing interoperability across the 5 nodes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of a conference held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-15 November 2018
Editors	Peter J. Teuben, Marc W. Pound, Brian A. Thomas, Elizabeth M. Warner
Place of Publication	San Francisco, CA
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Pages	413-416
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781583819340
ISBN (Print)	9781583819333
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	28th Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS XXVIII) - Coll Pk, Moldova, Republic of Duration: 11 Nov 2018 → 15 Nov 2018

Publication series

Name	Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	523
ISSN (Print)	1080-7926

Conference

Conference	28th Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS XXVIII)
Country	Moldova, Republic of
City	Coll Pk
Period	11/11/18 → 15/11/18

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O'Toole, S., & Sealey, K. (2019). Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory. In P. J. Teuben, M. W. Pound, B. A. Thomas, & E. M. Warner (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII: proceedings of a conference held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-15 November 2018 (pp. 413-416). (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series; Vol. 523). San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

O'Toole, Simon ; Sealey, Katrina. / Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII: proceedings of a conference held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-15 November 2018. editor / Peter J. Teuben ; Marc W. Pound ; Brian A. Thomas ; Elizabeth M. Warner. San Francisco, CA : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2019. pp. 413-416 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series).

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O'Toole, S & Sealey, K 2019, Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory. in PJ Teuben, MW Pound, BA Thomas & EM Warner (eds), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII: proceedings of a conference held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-15 November 2018. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol. 523, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, pp. 413-416, 28th Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS XXVIII), Coll Pk, Moldova, Republic of, 11/11/18.

Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory. / O'Toole, Simon; Sealey, Katrina.

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII: proceedings of a conference held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-15 November 2018. ed. / Peter J. Teuben; Marc W. Pound; Brian A. Thomas; Elizabeth M. Warner. San Francisco, CA : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2019. p. 413-416 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series; Vol. 523).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

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O'Toole S, Sealey K. Bringing together the Australian sky - coordination and interoperability challenges of the All-Sky Virtual Observatory. In Teuben PJ, Pound MW, Thomas BA, Warner EM, editors, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII: proceedings of a conference held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-15 November 2018. San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2019. p. 413-416. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series).