Hubble Space Telescope Call for Proposals for Cycle 11

9.8 Access to Data Products

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Data products are stored in the Hubble Data Archive. Any processing or scientific analysis of the data beyond the standard "pipeline" calibrations performed by STScI are the responsibility of the observer.

Observers retrieve their data directly from the Data Archive. PIs must authorize electronic access to their data for themselves or for anyone else by sending e-mail to the Archive Hotseat (see Appendix A.1). Access must be specifically requested for each proposal and all Archive users should register on the Data Archive Registration Web Page. The data do not become publicly available from the Data Archive until after the expiration of the proprietary period.

The HST Data Handbook describes the data that are produced by the instruments. The Space Telescope Science Data Analysis Software (STSDAS) Web Page has links to the software that is used to calibrate and analyze HST data, and to documentation on its use (see also Section 7.1.1 of the HST Primer).

• Observers with questions about the retrieval of their data should contact the Archive Hotseat (see Appendix A.1).
• Observers with questions about the analysis and calibration of their data should contact the STScI Help Desk (see Section 1.5).