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Web Socket Procedures

WEBGETUse the IDL SOCKET procedure to get data from http servers
QUERYGSCQuery the Guide Star Catalog (GSC V2.3.2) at STScI by position
QUERYDSSQuery the digital sky survey (DSS) online at the ESO or STSCI servers
QUERYSIMBADQuery the SIMBAD or NED name resolver to obtain J2000 coordinates
QUERYVIZIERPositional query of any catalog in the VIZIER database.
QUERY_IRSA_CATqueries IRSA catalogs, returning an IDL structure
READ_IPAC_TABLEreads an IPAC Table file into an IDL structure
READ_IPAC_VARconverts an internal variable to an IDL structure
WRITE_IPAC_TABLEwrites an IDL structure to an IPAC Table file