Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, March 12, 2008; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 David Hogg, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, New York University Seminar Title: Making the Sky Searchable Abstract: For the purposes of (a) restoring the meta-data of archived astronomical imaging data, (b) adding meta-data to amateur data and thereby bringing them into the professional domain, (c) relieving hardware and software projects from demanding astrometric requirements, and (d) making life better for observers, we have created a web service that automatically calibrates astronomical image coordinate systems. This system makes use *only* of the information in the image pixels, and needs no prior information about image pointing, rotation, or plate scale. I will demo the system, describe how it works, and summarize future plans for implementation, enhancement, and scientific discovery. Upcoming IIC Seminars: Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars