Version 8.0
December 2007
Revision History
STScI Archive Manual
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Archive
- 1.1 Data in the Archives
- 1.2 Other Archives Containing HST Data
- 1.3 Proprietary Data
- 1.4 Publication of Archival Research Results
- 1.5 Registration
- 1.6 Searching for Data
- 1.7 Retrieving Data
- 1.8 User Support
- 1.8.1 Support for Archival Research
- 1.8.2 MAST Newsletter
- 1.8.3 Archive Hotseat
- 1.8.4 Questions and Comments
- 1.8.5 When a Retrieval Fails
- 1.8.6 Documentation
- 1.9 Using FTP
- 1.10 Using STSADS/IRAF to Analyse Your Data
- Chapter 2 - Multi-mission Archive at STScI
- 2.1 MAST Interfaces
- 2.2 MAST Web Tutorial
- 2.3 Mission Web Search Interfaces
- 2.4 HST Pointings Interface
- 2.5 MAST Web Services
- 2.6 MAST Tools
- 2.6.1NED/MAST Cross Correlation Search
- 2.6.2 VizieR/MAST Cross Correlation Search
- 2.6.3 Specview
- 2.6.4 MAST Coplotter
- 2.6.5 MAST Scrapbook
- 2.7 Hints for Searching
- 2.7.1 Searching for Planets, Comets and Asteroids
- 2.7.2Searching for HST data by Object Class
- 2.7.3 Search HST catalog by Region in the Sky
- 2.7.4 Searching with Ranges of Coordinates
- 2.7.5 Searching with Ranges in Time
- 2.7.6 Searching Across Multiple Missions
- 2.7.7 Comparing Observations from two different missions
- 2.7.8 Abstract Searches
- 2.7.9 High-Level Science Product Searches
- 2.7.10 Performing Large Searches
- 2.8 Previewing Data
- 2.9 Retrieving Data From the Archive
- 2.9.1 Retrieving HST and FUSE Data From DADS
- 2.9.2 Downloading Other MAST Data
- 2.9.2.1 Downloading data from the serach interface
- 2.9.2.2 Downloading data via anonymous FTP
- 2.9.2.3 Downloading MAST data via the browser
- 2.9.2.4 Downloading ASCII versions of the spectral data
- 2.9.3 High-Level Science Products
- 2.9.3.1 Downloading Via Anonymous FTP
- 2.9.3.2 Downloading via Browser
- 2.9.3.3 Downloading from te High-Level Science Products Search Form
- 2.10 Data Archiving Guidelines
- 2.11 Guidelines for Contributing High-Level Science Products to MAST
- 2.11.1 File Formats, Keywords and Naming COnventions
- 2.11.2 Delivery of Files to STScI
- 2.11.3 Web Support
- 2.12 MAST Documentation
- Chapter 3 - Starview
- 3.1 Introduction to StarView
- 3.2 Using StarView
- 3.3 Retrievals
- 3.3.1 Retrieval List Window Options
- 3.3.2 Retrieval Options
- 3.3.3 Reference File Retrieval
- 3.4 A Simple Search using Quick Search
- 3.5 Saving and Refining a Search
- 3.6 More Complex Example
- 3.7 Building a New Search or Modifying an Existing Search
- 3.7.1 Custom Query Generator Tool
- 3.7.2 Adding Fields to an Existing Form
- 3.7.3 Manipulating Fields
- Chapter 4 - GALEX
- 4.1 Getting Started with GALEX
- 4.2 Data Searches
- 4.3 GALEX File Naming Conventions
- 4.4 GALEX Object Nomenclature
- 4.5 Text Descriptions of GALEX File Types
- 4.6 Determining Header (keyword) Definitions
- Appendix 1: Acronym List
- Appendix 2: HST Specific Information
- A2.1 Documentation on HST, Its Instruments and Data
- A2.2 ASCII Catalogs
- A2.3 Search Strategies for HST Data
- A2.3.1 Searching for Specific Sources
- A2.3.2 Searching for a Class of Objects
- A2.4 Assessing Data Quality
- A2.4.1 Data Quality Keywords and Comments
- A2.4.2 The PDQ Files
- A2.4.3 OPUS Observer Comment Files
- A2.4.4 Exposure Flag
- A2.4.5 Fine Guidance System Lock
- A2.4.6 Observation Log Files
- A2.5 Locating and retrieving the HST Ephemeris
- A2.5.1 Using Starview to Locate HST Ephemeris Files
- A2.5.2 Using Starview to Retrieve HST Ephemeris Files
- A2.5.3 Using MAST to Retrieve HST Ephemeris Files
- A2.5.4 Increasing the resolution of the HST Ephemeris
- A2.5.5 Decoding Ephemeris Filenames