Service Notice

Subject: CADC/CANFAR authentication downtime — Saturday, Sept 13 (12:00–8:00 pm PT)

Essential network maintenance in Victoria will take place on Saturday, Sept 13, from 12:00–8:00 pm Pacific Time. During this window, any CADC/CANFAR service that requires authentication will be unavailable (e.g., logins to portals, token issuance, authenticated APIs/Python Client/CLI jobs). Please plan accordingly and avoid starting jobs that need credentials during the outage. Other service access may also be affected. Thank you for your patience.

Solar System Object Image Search

This page allows you to search for images of solar system objects. There are several search methods:

Please read the Documentation. For more details read the following paper: Gwyn, Hill and Kavelaars (2012). Please cite this paper in your publications.


Search by object name

Select emphemeris generator:
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Search by arc

Select orbit fitter:
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Search by orbital elements

Orbital elements should be in heliocentric J2000.0 coordinates.




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