StarView Interface

StarView is the graphical interface to the HST archive. When you have a network connection available, you can invoke StarView from the VTT to query for what observations have been made near a particular pointing. All or any subset of results can be graphically displayed in the VTT. (Conversely when in StarView you can invoke the VTT to graphically represent StarView query results.)

Here is a quick introduction:

• Bring up an image in the VTT.
• Click on the icon in the left hand tool bar. (This puts you in the StarView mode.)
• Place your cursor on a point on the image and click. The StarView interface will be loaded and set up to perform an HST archive query for the pointing that you clicked on.
• In StarView, click on "Search". (Before clicking on "Search" you may choose to change the radius of the area searched or limit the types of observations searched for.)
• When the results of the query are returned you can highlight one or more listed observations and have the aperture outline displayed in the VTT. Just click on the "Overlay" button.