Astronomy Site

Only DSS2-Related Sites Are Listed Below:

Sites where the reader can extract monochrome DSS2 images include:

The STScI Digitized Sky Survey

LEDAS DSS/DSS-II service on AVALON

CADC's Digitized Sky Survey Interface

ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Sites that feature techniques for processing DSS2 images include:

Al Kelly's PowerPoint Presentation: Making Your Own Color AstroImages

Sites that feature processed (color) DSS2 images include:

University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy

Mike Halderman's Color Images

Davide De Martin's Sky Factory

Pleiades Software

The European Home Page for the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Palomar Observatory Website

atlasoftheuniverse.com

Catalogues using DSS2 images include:

The NGC / IC Project

Images of the Messier Objects from the Digitized Sky Survey

Please contact me if you know of any other sites that could be added to the above list, here.

Credits: All images are based on photographic data obtained using the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain. The Oschin Schmidt Telescope is operated by the California Institute of Technology and Palomar Observatory. The Digitized Sky Survey was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (ST ScI) under U.S. Government grant NAG W-2166.

Note: All images presented in this site are © Charles Shahar (2006). Reproduction or distribution of these images is not permitted without the written consent of the owner of this site.