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First make or choose a set of named sky positions. These can be in text or VOTable form. Text should be written as one position per line, with each line "RA, Dec, ID" (separated by commas). VOTable can also be fetched from the major data centers, or use one of the example tables.
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Connect to the Vim application here.
From the menu, select Load Sky Positions.
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Once the upload is successful, you can choose what table columns to see. Use the Table Columns menu.
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Collect data from catalogs. Use Fetch Data/Proximity Search to get all the objects in the catalog close to your positions.
There will just be a count of matches until more columns are chosen for display (Table Columns menu)
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Create cutout images of your sources using SkyView with Fetch Data/SkyView Cutouts
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Find more catalogs for crossmatch from the VO Registry. Use Fetch Data / Find Catalog Services.
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Sort the table by clicking on column header.
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Compute new column (eg color). Use Mine Data / Compute New Column.
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Select rows to keep. Use Mine Data/Select.
