[vsnet-j 1654] Massive imaging data

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

　以下のような投稿が、AAVSO list, CCD-astrometry-photometry list にありまし
　た。MISAO project からコメントされてもよさそうな内容ですね。
　画像の需要も供給も十分ありそうなのですが、情報だけが浸透していない？？

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<Like most observers who have been involved with CCD imaging, I have hundreds 
 if not thousands of images on hard disks and CD's.  What I am looking for, if
 it currently exists, is a data base manager that could track the areas of the
 sky I have imaged.  The way I envision it to work is:  1. take a CCD image in
 fits format, 2. perform autoastrometry on the image, 2. convert the fits 
 header to a text file (the header contains the astrometric plate solution of 
 the image, thus, you can determine what area of sky has been imaged), 3. send
 the text file of the fits header to the data base manager (DBM).  After the 
 DBM is sufficiently populated, I can enter a RA and DEC of a position and the
 DBM tells me that I have x number of images of that area of the sky on some 
 specific dates.  It would be great to query the DBM to track nova, SN, 
 variable stars, minor planets, and ...  If the system was really smart, it 
 could link to a program such as TheSky (for example) and you could search by 
 name of object rather than position.  Does such an animal exist?>

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