HR: 08:34h
AN: IN51C-03 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Pi in the Sky - Astrometry and the Virtual Observatory
AU: * Benedict, G F
EM: fritz@astro.as.utexas.edu
AF: McDonald Observatory, 1 University Station University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, United States
AU: McArthur, B E
EM: mca@astro.as.utexas.edu
AF: McDonald Observatory, 1 University Station University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, United States
AB: A practicing stellar astrometrist relates trials, tribulations, and successes with present-day Virtual Observatory interfaces and databases, including the U.S. National Virtual Observatory site, SIMBAD/Aladin, and Google Sky. I briefly describe a recent astrometric result from the Hubble Space Telescope (measuring the mass of an extrasolar planet), aided and abetted by contributions from an existing Virtual Observatory. We look forward to a time when issues of database completeness, access speed, and *quality* of interaction have improved and further evolved, and present some suggested concrete requirements for next generation virtual observatories.
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting