MOC - HEALPix Multi-Order Coverage map Version 1.0
Abstract
This document describes the Multi-Order Coverage map method (MOC) to specify arbitrary sky regions. The goal is to be able to provide a very fast comparison mechanism between coverage maps. The mechanism is based on the HEALPix sky tessellation algorithm. It is essentially a simple way to map regions of the sky into hierarchically grouped predefined cells.
- Publication:
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IVOA Recommendation 02 June 2014
- Pub Date:
- June 2014
- DOI:
- 10.5479/ADS/bib/2014ivoa.spec.0602F
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1505.02937
- Bibcode:
- 2014ivoa.spec.0602F
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- doi:10.5479/ADS/bib/2014ivoa.spec.0602F