MOC

This page contains information about MOC, the Multi-Order Coverage map format.

Standard

MOC is defined by the MOC standard. The most recent version is Version 1.0, dated 2 July 2014.

Libraries

• MOC Java API (REC 1.0 compliant): Moc.jar, Sources
• HEALPix Web site (for a minimal HEALPix java lib, see attachments)
• PyMOC module for Python (documentation)
• MOCPy, a Python library to handle MOCs

MOC validators

• Moc validator [CDS] remote validation tool
• Moc.jar [CDS] cds.moc.examples.MocLint class

MOC compatible tools

• Topcat & STILTs [Starlink] (generation from catalogs / manipulation)
• Aladin Desktop [CDS] (generation from images&catalogs / display / manipulation)
• Aladin Lite [CDS] (display)
  
• MIZAR [CNES] (display)
• ESAsky [ESAC] (display)

• Moc server [CDS] (16 000 MOCs DB)

MOC examples

• VizieR MOCs

• SVO MOC: The GTC Archive
• SVO MOC: The Calar Alto Archive
• SVO MOC: The CMC-15 Catalogue
• SVO MOC: The ALHAMBRA Catalogue

• Moc.fits: Moc FITS example