How can I add my own catalogs to skycat?
First of all, you should have a look at the skycat config file This file lists the catalogs available by default. You can use a different list by setting the environment variable SKYCAT_CONFIG to a valid URL on an http server. If you want us to add your catalog to the default list, send us an email. More about catalog servers can be found in the note written by Clive Davenhall (Starlink). To include your own catalog in skycat, you have to implement a catalog server, and add an entry to the skycat config file for it. Note that there has been some discussion about standards for catalog servers and the URL syntax used to access them. Please see Astronomical Server URL for more information on that. A catalog server is called via HTTP as a cgi-bin application. The syntax for the URL is taken from the skycat config file. The URL contains the query parameters, such as RA, DEC, RADIUS, etc. The format of the return value is a tab separated table with column headings separated from data by a da
