Data packages

The data packages will be delivered for period P87 (April-September 2011). For new data, acquired after the begin of October 2011, data packages will no longer be created. Users can access their raw data in electronic form through the ESO User Portal. There will be a new service 'calSelector' providing associated calibrations to the selected science data.

Once a VLT/VLTI observing run is finished, the QC Group creates a data package which is then delivered by the Science Archive Group to the PI. Currently (until the end of P87, 2011-10-01), data packages are created for all VLT and VLTI instruments, all Service Mode and Visitor mode runs (that means, not for VIRCAM and OMEGACAM).

Data packages for VLT pre-imaging runs are created and delivered just as ordinary data packages.

The data packages are delivered on DVDs.

Science data have been processed by the pipeline with the best available calibration data. Please note that ESO is not assuming any responsibility in respect to the usefulness of the reduced data. The adopted reduction strategy may not be suitable for the scientific purpose of the observations.

Go to the above links for instrument specific information about data packages.