Sky Window API

By using this API you can easily add dynamic sky window on your web page.

Example #1:


<IFRAME SRC="http://server1.sky-map.org/skywindow?object=M100&zoom=8&img_source=SDSS" WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=320>
</IFRAME>

Comments:

There are several parameters listed after the "?" in url "http://server1.sky-map.org/skywindow.jsp?object=M100&zoom=8&img_source=SDSS": object, zoom and img_source. These parameters define what will be demonstrated in the window and how. The list of all possible parameters is available at The Site Linker API Documentation.

The size of the window may be controlled by WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes of IFRAME. In this particular example WIDTH=400 and HEIGHT=320.

Example #2:


<table width=400 border=1>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <font color="#gray" size=-1>
            The coordiantes of the center of this image are:<br />
                Right ascension = 00h 42m 32s<br />
                Declination = 41° 19' 53"<br />
            This image is generated automatically by sky-map.org server. 
            Ellipses on the image show the approximate positions of galaxies. 
            Big ellipse in the center of the image shows the 
            </font><font color=black size=-1>Andromeda Galaxy (M31). 
            </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <IFRAME SRC="http://server1.sky-map.org/skywindow?ra=00 42 32&de=41 19 53&zoom=4" WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=320" WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=320>
            </IFRAME>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

The coordiantes of the center of this image are:
Right ascension = 00h 42m 32s
Declination = 41° 19' 53"
This image is generated automatically by sky-map.org server. Ellipses on the image show the approximate positions of galaxies. Big ellipse in the center of the image shows the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).