1. VO tools and applications in a nutshell
Evanthia Hatziminaoglou
EURO-VO Facility Centre Astronomer

2. Vocabulary (or “what are they talking about???”)
Registry: (a poor man’s resource) the yellow pages of the VO
SIAP (SSAP): (anything but) Simple Image (Spectra) Access Protocol
MySpace: (not mine, not yours) Virtual space storage
PLASTIC: (but cast in stone) PLatform for AStronomy Tool InterConnection

3. Everyday questions in the life of an astronomer
Are there any data ...
Where can I find ...
What is the format ...
What are the contents ...

5. At the end of the daywe all want the same things:? ?
Find (Data discovery)
Look (Data visualisation & handling)
Analyse (Spectral analysis)
Combine (SED building)

6. Data visualisation & handling Spectral analysis SEDs
Data discovery
Data visualisation & handling
Spectral analysis
SEDs
VODesktop
Aladin
VOSpec
VOSED
TOPCAT
SPLAT
VOSA
DataScope
Specview
VirGO
NVO Spectrum
NED
VOPlot
Octet
VOStat
* the list is not exhaustive!

7. VO Tools together in action

8. Or (for the bravest among you) the IVOA applications web page:
For more (on) tools and applications visit the EURO-VO web pages: and
Or (for the bravest among you)
the IVOA applications web page: