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EURO-VO AIDA Research Initiative, deadline June 15, 2008

Within the framework of AIDA (Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access), the European Virtual Observatory (EURO-VO) project is seeking proposals from teams carrying out archival research or projects that could benefit from the Virtual Observatory concept.

Published: 2008-04-18

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As of 1st April 2008, PIs can access their own raw proprietary data at any time through the ESO archive

As of 1st April 2008, PIs can access their own raw proprietary data at any time through the ESO archive. To this end, the archive interfaces have been slightly modified. The two figures below compare the old, familiar version (left panel) to the new one in place as of April 1st (right panel). As it can be seen, in this latter the "Mark" button at the left of the web interface page is now color-coded. A green checkbox means that the data are public to everyone, whereas a red one means that they are still covered by the proprietary period and that only their respective PI will be able to download them. Authentication through the User Portal is required for this latter step. Please note that anybody can request proprietary data, e.g. the red "Mark" buttons are clickable also by non PIs, but that only PIs will be able to actually download them. This seemingly odd behavior was made necessary to allow all users, irrespective whether they are PIs of ESO data or not, to freely browse the ESO archive.

Published: 2008-03-31

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GaBoDS/WFI data release: Version 1.1

As part of the ESO Deep Public Survey (DPS), optical imaging observations were carried out in U, B, V, R, I bands, using the Wide Field Imager (WFI) instrument mounted at the 2.2m telescope at La Silla, Chile. This survey consisted of three square degrees in three well-separated regions (Deep1, Deep2 and Deep3) split into 4 adjacent WFI pointings (named a, b, c, d). The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey (GaBoDS) combines the data from this survey with data from most other ESO programmes that coincide with the original DPS regions, up until December 2006.

Published: 2008-03-19

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ESO/MVM data reduction software release - NEW: with step-by-step instructions for VLT/ISAAC image data reduction

ESO/MVM (or "alambic") is an end-to-end, high-throughput image reduction system, originally developed by Benoit Vandame at the Nice Observatory for a project based on Multi-resolution Vision Model (MVM), then as part of the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) project, and finally it was taken over by the Virtual Observatory Systems department for the processing of targeted archival data, with the aim of enhancing the legacy value of the ESO archive.

Published: 2008-02-28

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GOODS/VIMOS Spectroscopy Data Release: Version 1.0

As part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), multi-object spectroscopy of faint galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) has been carried out, using the VIMOS instrument mounted at the Melipal Unit Telescope of the VLT at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile.

Published: 2008-02-21

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MAD Science Demonstration Data Release

The Science Demonstration (SD) of MAD is carried out largely following the philosophy applied to the Science Verification of the VLT instruments (see the VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures document as reference). MAD SD runs took place in November 2007 and January 2008.

Published: 2008-02-06

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'Monitor' NGC 2547/WFI Data Release: Version 1.0

As part of the Monitor project (Aigrain et al. 2007, MNRAS, 375, 29), a time-domain survey of NGC 2547 was carried out in I-band using the ESO Wide Field Imager mounted on the 2.2m telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Published: 2008-01-21

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GOODS/FORS2 Final Data Release: Version 3.0

As part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), multi-object, optical to NIR spectroscopy in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) has been carried out, using the FORS2 instrument mounted at the Kueyen Unit Telescope of the VLT at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile.

Published: 2007-11-07

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HAWK-I Science Verification

The science verification (SV) for HAWK-I is being carried following the VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures . SV runs will be interleaved with commissioning and paranalisation activities, taking place between October 2007 and January 2008.

Published: 2007-11-01

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zCOSMOS DR1 Advanced Data Products now available

zCOSMOS (P.I. Simon Lilly) is a large redshift survey that is being undertaken in the COSMOS field using the VIMOS spectrograph mounted at the Melipal Unit Telescope of the VLT at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile. zCOSMOS (ESO Large Programme LP175.A-0839) has been awarded about 600 hours of Service Mode observing time on the ESO VLT, making it the largest single observing project undertaken so far on that facility.

Published: 2007-10-30

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