Data packages

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, data packages are created for the following cases:

• VLT/VLTI: all instruments, all Service Mode runs
• La Silla: most La Silla instruments, Service Mode runs

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

The data packages are currently 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.