From authors Robert J. Simpson and Derek Ward-Thompson, the poster ‘SCUBA on Google Sky’ is listed as part of the ‘Education and Outreach’ session.

Abstract: The submillimetre maps produced by the SCUBA instrument on the JCMT have been made available on Google Sky. Using the complete SCUBA catalogue (Di Francesco et al 2006) and Google Earth’s new ‘Sky’ feature (Christian et al 2007), SCUBA data can now be easily accessed by the public, worldwide (Simpson 2008). Complete 850µm and 450µm autoreduced maps, along with the point source catalogue, have been made available. A short list of ‘interesting features’ is also included Some examples and uses are presented here, along with instructions on how to access the data.

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