Tools and Services for Education and Outreach: Accessing Real Astronomical Data

摘要

As astronomical data archives advance, scientists have a plethora of diverse resources for research at their fingertips. Becausethese archives use standardized protocols, they can be useful for wider audiences through appropriate tools. In the past, software utilizing datafor educational purposes has been focused on smaller data holdings andcatalogs. Now many educational programs for pre-college venues, infor-mal science activities, and college level courses are well positioned to makeuse of the larger data sets resulting from sky surveys, research campaigns,and the stores from astronomical telescopes. This paper will present ex-amples of software services and tools poised to use these resources, andwill concentrate especially on opportunities presented by the NationalVirtual Observatory.