HST experience in data management
R. Albrecht · Astronomische Nachrichten · 2004
Abstract The data generated by the Hubble Space Telescope pose a series of special requirements for the analysis process. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is being operated in a semi‐autonomous, pre‐programmed manner, executing a queue of observing requests. Calibration is being done “institutionally”, i.e. not in response to individual observing programs, but in the same manner for all users. Data products are being generated for the observers, and they are ingested in the HST science data archives, to make them available for further exploitation through the Virtual Observatory. Added value products can be generated by combining data from different programs. Interactive analysis tools are being supplied to support users in the optimum exploitation of the data. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)