MAST Data Discovery Portal

Tom DonaldsonJune 19, 2012

A new website for accessing MAST data

Portal Goals…

Build on Success of HLA InterfaceAccess all MAST data via single web page

Collaborate With VAOAccess all Virtual Observatory data

Flexible and Extensible Infrastructure

Mashup Server

APTScripts

Mobile Apps Aladin

MAST Portal Other Web Pages

• Keep client and server code independent– Single server can support multiple clients

Flexible and Extensible Infrastructure• Server can gather and homogenize data from a wide variety of sources

Core Portal Features/Demo…

All-Sky Visualization

Displays for Images, Catalogs, Spectra

Filters for Narrowing Results

Flexible Layouts

Moving Forward

• We want to work with archive users to make this tool as useful as possible.

• If you’d be interested in sharing ideas on features or trying out the interface as it evolves, please let us know.– Tom Donaldson (tdonaldson@stsci.edu)– Tony Rogers (rogers@stsci.edu)– Karen Levay (klevay@stsci.edu)