SILKEN
Scientific Integration Layer for Knowledge, Exploration & Navigation
Discover sky data, work with catalogues and code, and connect reusable tools with astronomy jobs.
SILKEN brings sky visualization, catalogue discovery and crossmatching, cutouts, code, reusable tools and job results into one astronomy workspace. CoolHiPS provides its HiPS and HiPS3D sky layers, while connected science tools can supply specialized analysis.
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Maturity
Beta
Access
CADC / CANFAR
CADC sign-in is requested only for protected operations.
Maintainers
Mike Cichonski
What it supports
Use cases
- Sky and catalogue discovery
- Crossmatching and cutouts
- Reusable analysis tools
- Headless jobs and results
Where it runs
Runtime homes
CANFAR Science PlatformCANFAR Harbor · CANFAR ARC · CANFAR VM
This portalMMP
GitHub / templateGitHub
Current development focuses on saved workspaces, reliable job progress and recovery, and tested handoffs to external analysis tools such as CARTA and Firefly.
Runtime, inputs & outputs
- Distributions
- Source repository
- Runtime
- not-applicable
- Access
- account-required
- Inputs
- Not specified
- Outputs
- Not specified
Names & abbreviations
- ARC
- Advanced Research Computing
- CADC
- Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
- CANFAR
- Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research
- CanDIAPL
- Canadian Data Intensive Astrophysics Platform
- HiPS
- Hierarchical Progressive Surveys
- HiPS3D
- Hierarchical Progressive Surveys in Three Dimensions
- MMP
- Multi-Messenger Portal
- VM
- Virtual Machine
Connected work
Related science context
Connected astronomy tools and jobsMMPMMP, COMET and SILKEN connect CADC access, software publication, data discovery, reusable tools and durable science workflows.
POSSUM and VLASS pipeline operationsPOSSUM and VLASS processing, validation and pipeline control support reviewable radio-survey products.