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Description Peter Erwin's Python command-line program for searching multiple public telescope archives. It takes the name of an astronomical object -- or a set of coordinates -- and checks the telescope archives to see if they have observations within a user-specified box centered on the object/coordinates.
Version installed Ubuntu 22.04: 2.0.3 (installed in June 2019).
Usage At the command prompt, type :
telarchive <arguments>   (telarchive --help for quick usage help)

Examples:
telarchive "ngc 7027" 2.0
telarchive --coords="02 27 37.7 -01 09 17" 6.0

Also, a new tool is available to retrieve images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Data Release 5):
fetchdss <arguments>   (fetchdss --help for quick usage help)
Upgrade Notes This new version includes fixes to restore access to the Gemini Observatory Archive [*] and SMOKA (Subaru, etc.), and also to restore proper reporting of results from the ESO archive.
Manuals and
Documentation
See Peter Erwin's Telarchive page, and the Telarchive and Fetchdss README files
SIE contact Nicola Caon – – tel: 5383 – office: 1.124
Additional Info Many thanks to Peter for developing and letting us use this pretty useful tool.