Quality Control and Data Processing

This is the home page of the Quality Control and Data Processing Group (QCDP) which is part of the Data Products Department (DPD) at the Data Management and Operations Division (DMO). Find here information about the pipeline-processing of data from the VLT and about their quality control.

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At ESO Headquarters in Garching, data from the VLT/VLTI are processed, their quality is checked and monitored. This is the task of the Quality Control and Data Processing Group ("QC Garching"). This process forms the back-end of the Data Flow System.

QC Garching has the following main tasks:

Calibration data

• create master calibration data, control their quality and certify them
• perform instrument trend analysis and feedback the results to Paranal Observatory
• deliver master calibration data to the science archive

Science data

• reduce science data taken in Service Mode and control their quality
• organize and distribute all data taken in Service Mode (all VLT/VLTI; most La Silla instruments, described here)
• process pre-imaging data

Note: Science data are currently processed by QC Garching only for Service Mode runs. Visitor Mode runs currently do not receive any data products from QC Garching. However all calibration data (independent of the observing mode) are processed, certified and stored in the archive.

Find here general information about the VLT and VLTI pipelines.

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Find here general information about the VLT and VLTI pipelines.

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