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Hashtag= #skymorph Background
SkyMorph provides access to optical images and catalogs generated by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program. It provides access to imagery by time and position or searching by specific asteroid or other moving object. The time dimension, unique to SkyMorph, allows users to discover changes in the intensities of stars, e.g. supernovae, or to discover moving objects, e.g. comets.
Challenge Description
Develop an API that could enable developers and citizen scientists to programmatically access SkyMorph imagery using a RESTful interface. This would enable bulk querying as well as a variety of interesting possibilities around improving access to data.
Develop a Google Earth/Sky KML that would enable individuals to access SkyMorph imagery using the visual interface of Google Sky, providing a lower barrier of access to the data.
Functional Specifications
At a minimum, this challenge should result in an updated user-friendly skymorph website. It could also be an API or Google Earth downloadable KML of SkyMorph Imagery
Higher level hack could involve:
- Developing an API that could enable developers and citizen scientists to programmatically access SkyMorph imagery using a RESTful interface. This would enable bulk querying as well as a variety of interesting possibilities around improving access to data.
- And/or developing a Google Earth/Sky KML that would enable individuals to access SkyMorph imagery using the visual interface of Google Sky, providing a lower barrier of access to data.
Datasets
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Skymorph
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Skyview
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Skyview Documentation
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Horizons
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizonsThe JPL HORIZONS on-line solar system data and ephemeris computation service provides access to key solar system data and flexible production of highly accurate ephemerides for solar system objects ( 611103 asteroids, 3191 comets, 176 planetary satellites, 8 planets, the Sun, L1, L2, select spacecraft, and system barycenters ). HORIZONS is provided by the Solar System Dynamics Group of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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How to discover an asteroid in SkyMorph archive
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SkyMorph Example Queries
http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/skymorph/mobs.plOn the SkyMorph Moving Target Detection page you will find a number of sample queries that can be used as a sample dataset.
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The following projects are solving this challenge:
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SkymorphTO
Interact with the existing Skymorph API in fun and educational ways! Visit Project
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23 Degrees
Have you ever wonder about all the asteroids, comets, planets or stars around you? Just take a picture of the sky, and 23° will collect the exact image taken in the coordinates using images from SkyMorph. SkyMorph provides access to optical images and catalogs generated by the Near Earth ... Visit Project
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SkyMorphius
SkyMorphius is a new REST-like API for SkyMorph. It allows searching the SkyMorph archives of observations of moving objects in space. The project includes a web app that lets people search for and view images of observations of particular objects. As people make queries for observations an... Visit Project
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SkyMorphAPINic
Intracranial pressure that affects astronauts, is a visual syndrome, a very recent study, this affects the internal volume of brain matter which finds a completely restricted spac be within skull. While this may result in different types of brain injury, it is necessary to understand how the hum... Visit Project
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Skymorph API
This project provides easy access to observational data and NEAT imagery. * Supports lookup by target, orbital elements, or position/time * RESTful JSON API makes it easy to create scraping programs and large batch jobs * Imagery for top objects is prefetched for instant retrieval - ov... Visit Project
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skymorph.rb
A ruby gem to interface with the SkyMorph system. Visit Project
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Skymorph Imagery API
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