CODATA: Montreal
September 30, 2002
History
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Canadian Astronomy Data Centre was created in
1986
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Astronomers and Computer Scientists
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supported by the Canadian Space Agency
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original mandate: to serve Hubble Space
Telescope
The Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
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CADC Firsts
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First web interface in astronomy
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Previews of data
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On-the-fly calibration
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Advanced image processing