Virtual Observatory to Be Built Online

Astronomers from 17 research institutions have been given a five-year, $10 million Information Technology Research grant from the National Science Foundation to start an online observatory.

The observatory, at http://www.us-vo.org/ , declares that its purpose is to "maximize the potential for new scientific insights from the data by making them available in an accessible, seamlessly unified form to professional researchers, amateur astronomers and students."

There is not yet a lot available on the site. You can get papers and other materials related to the creation of the observatory at http://www.voforum.org/ and there are a couple of presentations available at http://www.us-vo.org/ . Stay tuned -- I'll try to keep an eye on this one.

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