... Up: Archives and Information Services . ... The VLT Archive System goals can be summarized as follows: i) record the history of VLT observations in the long term; ii) provide a research tool - make the Science Archive another VLT instrument; iii) help VLT operations to be predictable by providing traceability of instrument performance; iv) support observation preparation and analysis. ... Figure 2: Overview of the VLT Science Archive Research Environment. ... Figure 3 illustrates the general concept...

... The VLT Science Archive System M. A. Albrecht, E. Angeloni, A. Brighton, J. Girvan, F. Sogni, A. J. Wicenec and H. Ziaeepour European Southern Observatory, send e­mail to: malbrech@eso.org Abstract. ... OLAS Intermediate Storage Database On­line Archive On­line Archive Facility User Data & Archive Data ASTO Archive File Database Data Stage Pipeline VCS SAS Processing Stage Database Science Archive Science Archive Facility User Data ASTO Archive File Database Data Stage Replication SARE Figure 1. ...

... Overview and field layouts . ... Release Content . ... As part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey ( GOODS ), near-infrared imaging observations of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) are being carried out in J, H, Ks bands, using the ISAAC instrument mounted at the Antu Unit Telescope of the VLT at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile. ... Since ISAAC observations are still ongoing, this release consists of J and Ks images of fields that have already been completed and are . ... 12600...