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ESO Archive Frequently Asked Questions

For the ESO VLT data, translation to IRAF FITS keywords is applied automatically to all datasets retrieved from the archive.

For other data, a handy and portable tool (hierarch28) is available for download.

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Collaborations of ESO and ST-ECF Archive staff members with the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) and the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) take place in the areas of software development and data reduction.

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