Comet ===== `VOEvent`_ is the `International Virtual Observatory Alliance`_ standard for describing transient celestial events. Comet is an implementation of the `VOEvent Transport Protocol`_, which provides a mechanism for fast and reliable distribution of VOEvents to the community. Comet enables you to subscribe to and act upon real-time streams of ongoing events, to use filters to select only events relevant to your science case, and to publish your own events to the global VOEvent backbone. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 installation usage/index filtering handlers history credits appendix/index Released versions of Comet are available for :doc:`download `, while the latest development version can be obtained from the `GitHub repository `_. Feedback is always welcome. For bug reports and feature requests, please use the `issue tracker `_. .. _VOEvent: http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOEvent/index.html .. _International Virtual Observatory Alliance: http://www.ivoa.net/ .. _VOEvent Transport Protocol: http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOEventTransport/index.html