Virtual Observatory for Astronomers: Where Are We Now?
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After several years of intensive technological development Virtual Observatory resources have reached a level of maturity sufficient for their routine scientific exploitation. The Virtual Observatory is starting to be used by astronomers in a transparent way. In this article I will review several research projects making use of the VO at different levels of importance. I will present two projects going further than data mining: (1) studies of environmental effects on galaxy evolution, where VO resources and services are used in connection with dedicated observations using a large telescope and numerical simulations, and (2) a study of optical and near-infrared colours of nearby galaxies complemented by the spectroscopic data.
invited talk at the Multi-wavelength Astronomy and Virtual Observatory Workshop. European Space Astronomy Centre, Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid, Spain, 1-3 Dec 2008: 7 pages, 4 figures
invited talk at the Multi-wavelength Astronomy and Virtual Observatory Workshop. European Space Astronomy Centre, Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid, Spain, 1-3 Dec 2008: 7 pages, 4 figures