AstroGrid is a project funded by PPARC to build a Virtual Observatory (VO) for the UK. It is part of the European VO (Euro-VO).

For a definition of what a Virtual Observatory is, click here.

AstroGrid aims to make available Solar System datasets and software tools, in addition to night-time astronomy ones. I work as part of the AstroGrid Science Team, on developing the Solar System capabilities of AstroGrid.

For more information on Astrogrid:

• Check the website www.astrogrid.org, from which you can launch the AstroGrid Workbench - the entry point to AstroGrid services.

• Read an article about AstroGrid written for Astronomy and Geophysics.

AstroGrid for Solar System

Example science cases and tools specific to the Solar System, that I have contributed to:

• Solar and STP Examples

• HelioScope

• Solar Movie Maker

Projects:

• Catalogue of Solar Energetic Particle events, developed by Tim Jones, funded by an RAS student bursary.

This image shows solar data retrieved via HelioScope and visualised in Aladin: