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GALEX Sky Plot Tool

The GALEX Sky Plot Tool generates a plot of a region of the sky centered on a user specified position and showing the GALEX field of view with respect to nearby stars, galaxies, background emission, and user specified science targets.

If you wish to plot a larger region or a region defined by its corners, use the more powerful interface of the Target Observation and Archive Search Tool (opens a new window). From the main TOAST page, click the 'Advanced' option next to 'Interface Control.' Under 'Search Method' choose 'Box Search.' Input your search coordinates and submit your request at the bottom of the page. There will be a link to the corresponding Sky Plot just above the table in the 'Matching Observations Table' section of the results page.

WARNING! A bug in the skyplot tool will not plot the positions of the observation(s) and science target(s) if the positions are input as sexagesimal (HH MM SS.SSS). For now proposers should input positions in decimal degrees. For example RA 12h30m00.0s = 187.5 degrees and Dec 40d12m00.0s = 40.20 degrees. Positions of archival observations (advanced interface) and the field of view of the central observation will be plotted correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Interface Control: Basic / Advanced
Labels with the symbol • are required.

Coordinates

Coordinate System

J2000

B1950

Galactic

Right Ascension •

decimal degrees DDD.DDD or sexagesimal HH MM SS.SSS

Declination •

decimal degrees [+/-]DD.DDD or sexagesimal [+/-]DD MM SS.SSS

Longitude •

decimal degrees DDD.DDD

Latitude •

decimal degrees [+/-]DD.DDD

Observations and Science Targets

Auto-numbering of observations and science targets can sometimes result in gaps.
Coordinate system settings are inherited from above.
Observations can also be loaded in bulk by opening the Coordinate Bulk Loader.

Coordinate Bulk Loader

rows of comma-separated values that contain a mix of observations and science targets
observations formatted as 'name, ra, dec' and science targets formatted as 'name, ra, dec, diameter', for example:

My Observation, 187.3, 2.33
My Science Target, 187.2779, 2.0524, 4.0

use the 'Text to Table' and 'Table to Text' buttons to move data between the bulk loader and the table below

Text to Table Table to Text

	Observation Name	RA / Lon. (deg)	Dec / Lat. (deg)
#1

	Science Target Name	RA / Lon. (deg)	Dec / Lat. (deg)	Diameter (arcmin)
#1

Additional Tool Parameters

Plot Width •

width of the region shown on the plot, in degrees

Plot Comment

comment to appear on plot

Display Archival Obs.

display archival observations on plot

Optics Wheel Setting of Archival Observations to Display on Plot •

Select 'Display Archival Obs.' under Additional Tool Parameters to enable this option.

The intersection of the Optics Wheel Setting and Survey Types constraints will be used in the query.

Imaging

Grism

All of the Above

Survey Types of Archival Observations to Display on Plot •

Select 'Display Archival Obs.' under Additional Tool Parameters to enable this option.

The intersection of the Optics Wheel Setting and Survey Types constraints will be used in the query.

AISAll Sky Survey

CAICalibration Imaging

CASCalibration Spectroscopy

DISDeep Imaging Survey

DSSDeep Spectroscopic Survey

ETIExceptional Imaging Survey

ETSExceptional Spectroscopic Survey

GIIGuest Investigator Imaging

GISGuest Investigator Spectroscopy

MISMedium Imaging Survey

MSSMedium Spectroscopic Survey

NGSNearby Galaxy Survey

WSSWide Spectroscopic Survey

All of the Above

Observation Information

Observation Name

any string of 30 characters or less to uniquely identify this observation

Comment

comments to associate with this computation

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