The CHAI Project:Coordinates for

Hubble Astronomical Images

Kristen RecineDickinson College, STScI SASPAdvisor: Lisa Frattare

STScI

http://www.hubblesite.org/newscenter

WHERE?

PinpointWCS- Input: science (FITS) and press

release (TIFF) image pair- Output: TIFF image with WCS

information in the header- Image requirements:

- Astronomical- HST - Non-planetary objects

FITS TIFF

MAST- MAST database will be compliant

with VO- Allows MAST to point to TIFF files on

HubbleSite with WCS information

Future Work: VAMP and AVM- Database of standardized metadata for

press release images- Single place that will store data from

multiple research observatories and telescopes

External Applications- Planetariums- Redshift- Starry Night- Stellarium- Google Sky- WorldWide Telescope- Museum AstroKiosk

WorldWide Telescope

WorldWide Telescope

Acknowledgments- Lisa Frattare- Carol Christian, Zoltan Levay, Frank

Summers, Christopher Summers