Scan existing public observations from missions and surveys already living in the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes.
ROMAN turns deep public astronomy archives into something a normal curious human can actually use. Point to a patch of sky, choose an object or enter coordinates, and scan what the public archives already know about that part of the universe. Right now it uses public MAST observations. As official Roman Space Telescope data arrive, the same doorway is ready to welcome them.
Scan existing public observations from missions and surveys already living in the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes.
Roman documentation says Roman data will be accessed through MAST and the Roman Research Nexus. This explorer is intended to include those data as they become publicly available.
Roman’s Wide Field Instrument is a visible-to-near-IR imager and slitless spectrometer with 18 H4RG detectors.
No astronomy degree required. ROMAN is meant to make our universe feel reachable from an ordinary browser.
Use the sky viewer, choose a known object, or enter your own right ascension and declination. Then ask ROMAN to scan the public archive for observations near that position.
Explore the sky visually, select Use Viewer Center to copy its current position into the search controls, then scan the archive for observations nearby.
This is one galaxy — not our Solar System and not the whole Universe.
This sky viewer is powered by Aladin Lite. Pan and zoom, then use the live center of the view to search the archive. More Roman-specific views are planned as those data become available.
Click somewhere in the universe and ROMAN will look through the public astronomical archive.
After a scan, ROMAN summarizes what the public archive found near your chosen coordinates. Select any observation to explore its previews, science files, and archive products.
Image previews will appear here when ROMAN finds browser-viewable products.
No scan yet.
| Action | Target | Mission | Instrument | Filters / Band | Data Type | Observation ID | Date / Time | Access |
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Choose an observation from the results table and ROMAN will inspect what it contains: viewable previews first, science files explained next, and original archive downloads kept available for advanced use.
Explore real public astronomy data at your own pace. MAST and the official Roman documentation remain the sources to consult for deeper study.