Useful tools/links for observations
1. Object visibility
- Object Visibility:
https://astro.ing.iac.es/staralt/
2. Standard star catalogs
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Subaru Optical Spectrophotometric Standard Stars: https://subarutelescope.org/Observing/Instruments/FOCAS/Detail/UsersGuide/Observing/StandardStar/Spec/SpecStandard.html
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List of standard star catalogs:
https://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/standards.html -
RA Ordered List of Spectrophotometric Standards:
https://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/standards/spectra/stanlis.html
3. Finding charts, image viewers, and cutout services
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DESI Legacy Survey Viewer:
https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer/ -
ESA Sky:
https://sky.esa.int/esasky/ -
SDSS Finding Chart Tool:
DR18: https://skyserver.sdss.org/dr18/en/tools/chart/chartinfo.aspx
DR16: http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr16/en/tools/chart/chartinfo.aspx -
PanSTARRS-1 Image Access:
http://ps1images.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/ps1cutouts -
Python API for getting image from the PS1 image server:
https://ps1images.stsci.edu/ps1image.html -
panstamps – A python package and command-line tools to download stacked and/or warp image stamps from the STScI PanSTARRS image server.
https://panstamps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
https://github.com/thespacedoctor/panstamps -
IRSA Finder Chart Service:
https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/finderchart/ -
unWISE coadds:
https://unwise.me/imgsearch/