Preparation and Submission of the Data Release Description
The release description forms an integral part of any Phase 3 data release. It provides an account of the release content, the originating observations, the calibration and data reduction procedures, the data quality, the data format, and, possibly, the scientific context of the programme. The release description is essential for the data content validation carried out by the Archive Science Group before ingesting the data in the ESO Archive. The information contained in the release description is essential to allow the scientific use of the data products by users of the ESO Archive for their own scientific research.
The principal investigator is responsible for the content of the data release description and for its delivery to ESO along with the data submission. To prepare the data release description, please start from the template provided below and follow the guidelines provided therein. After having addressed each question, please remove the guideline text (italic style).
The completed release description must constitute a self-consistent document in Portable Document Format (PDF) including all figures, plots and tabular information as needed. Before closing the release, the release description has to be placed into the release directory of the Phase 3FTP area with the fixed filename
release-description.pdf
Finally, the release description will be published as submitted - without further editing by ESO - to support the user community access to the data release.
ESO Phase 3 Data Release Description
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Abstract
Short, broad overview of the data being released. Please refer to ESO programme, instrument, observational setup, filters/bands used, total sky coverage, number of epochs, resolution, if applicable. The scientific context may be touched as well. Please indicate if this is a catalogue data release.
Overview of Observations
Brief summary of the observations this data release is based upon. In case of imaging observations and surveys: the field layout with an indication of the set of bands used for each field, preferably with finding chart or display of the covered fields/objects. In case of spectroscopy, please provide finding charts if possible.
Release Content
List of imaging data products including field designation/target object, J2000 coordinates, filter, exposure time, observing date, seeing and limiting magnitude. Analogously, for spectroscopic data products, please list target name, J2000 coordinates, spectral range, resolution, exposure time, observing date and signal-to-noise ratio.
If the file list is very long, as for instance in the case of surveys, please provide a summary including the distribution of key parameters like seeing and limiting magnitude if possible. Please specify the total number of data files in any case.
In case of catalogue data, please provide a general description of the content in terms of the catalogue parameters and the selection criteria applied. The following topics should be addressed in particular.
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