diff --git a/astroquery/surveys/thor/__init__.py b/astroquery/surveys/thor/__init__.py
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+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
+"""
+THOR Image Query Tool
+---------------------
+.. topic:: Revision History
+
+    :Originally contributed by:
+
+        Adam Ginsburg (adam.g.ginsburg@gmail.com)
+
+"""
+from astropy import config as _config
+
+
+class Conf(_config.ConfigNamespace):
+    """
+    Configuration parameters for `astroquery.magpis`.
+    """
+    server = _config.ConfigItem(
+        ['http://astro.kent.ac.uk'],
+        'Name of the THOR server.')
+    timeout = _config.ConfigItem(
+        60,
+        'Time limit for connecting to THOR server.')
+
+
+conf = Conf()
+
+from .core import Thor, ThorClass
+
+__all__ = ['Thor', 'ThorClass',
+           'Conf', 'conf',
+           ]
diff --git a/astroquery/surveys/thor/core.py b/astroquery/surveys/thor/core.py
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+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
+from __future__ import print_function
+import os
+import astropy.units as u
+import astropy.coordinates as coord
+from astropy.io import fits
+from ...query import BaseQuery
+from ...utils import commons, prepend_docstr_nosections
+from ...utils.process_asyncs import async_to_sync
+from . import conf
+from ...exceptions import InvalidQueryError
+
+import tarfile
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+__all__ = ['Thor', 'ThorClass']
+
+
+@async_to_sync
+class ThorClass(BaseQuery):
+    URL = conf.server
+    TIMEOUT = conf.timeout
+
+    def _args_to_payload(self, coordinates, image_size=1 * u.arcmin):
+        """
+        Fetches image cutouts from THOR surveys.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        coordinates : str or `astropy.coordinates` object
+            The target around which to search. It may be specified as a
+            string in which case it is resolved using online services or as
+            the appropriate `astropy.coordinates` object. ICRS coordinates
+            may also be entered as strings as specified in the
+            `astropy.coordinates` module.
+        image_size : str or `~astropy.units.Quantity` object, optional
+           The string must be parsable by `astropy.coordinates.Angle`. The
+           appropriate `~astropy.units.Quantity` object from `astropy.units`
+           may also be used. Specifies the symmetric size of the
+           image. Defaults to 1 arcmin.
+        """
+        request_payload = {}
+        request_payload["catalogue"] = "thor"
+        c = commons.parse_coordinates(coordinates).transform_to('galactic')
+        request_payload["x_coord"] = "{0:0.5f}".format(c.l.deg)
+        request_payload["y_coord"] = "{0:0.5f}".format(c.b.deg)
+        request_payload["coord_type"] = "Galactic"
+        request_payload["size_long"] = coord.Angle(image_size).deg
+        request_payload["size_lat"] = coord.Angle(image_size).deg
+        request_payload["size_type"] = "degrees"
+        request_payload["cmap"] = "Greyscale"
+        request_payload["scale"] = "99.99"
+        request_payload["sigma_value"] = ""
+
+        assert len(request_payload) == 10
+
+        return request_payload
+
+    @prepend_docstr_nosections("\n" + _args_to_payload.__doc__)
+    def get_images_async(self, coordinates, image_size=1 * u.arcmin,
+                         get_query_payload=False, **kwargs):
+        """
+        get_query_payload : bool, optional
+            if set to `True` then returns the dictionary sent as the HTTP
+            request.  Defaults to `False`
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        response : `requests.Response`
+            The HTTP response returned from the service
+        """
+        request_payload = self._args_to_payload(coordinates,
+                                                image_size=image_size)
+        if get_query_payload:
+            return request_payload
+
+        # the THOR server expects WebkitForm stuff, i.e., files
+        files = {key:(None, str(val)) for key, val in request_payload.items()}
+
+        # initialize the session; probably not needed?
+        imageserver = self.URL + '/thor_server/image_server'
+        init_session = self._request("GET", imageserver)
+        init_session.raise_for_status()
+
+        response = self._request("POST", url=imageserver, files=files,
+                                 timeout=self.TIMEOUT, verify=False)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        return response
+
+    def _parse_result(self, response, verbose=False):
+        """
+        """
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html5lib')
+
+        links = soup.findAll('a')
+
+        download_link = [x for x in links if x.text == 'Download FITS Files'][0]
+
+        url = self.URL + download_link.attrs['href']
+        filename = url.split("/")[-1]
+
+        local_filepath = os.path.join(self.cache_location, filename)
+
+        self._download_file(url, local_filepath, timeout=self.TIMEOUT)
+
+        tf = tarfile.open(local_filepath)
+
+        paths = []
+
+        for ff in tf.getmembers():
+            if '.fits' in ff.name:
+                # remove the leading path
+                ff.name = os.path.basename(ff.name)
+
+                tf.extract(member=ff, path=self.cache_location)
+                paths.append(os.path.join(self.cache_location, ff.name))
+
+        tf.close()
+
+        return paths
+
+
+
+Thor = ThorClass()