Herschel Observatory Documentation - Herschel
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Here you will find the most essential observatory documentation that will give you an overview of the mission, its data and data products and its operation. If you are looking for more detailed, technical documentation and do not find it here, you should look in Observatory Level 2.
For information about individual instruments, look at the dedicated instrument pages.
Spacecraft and Satellite Handbook - Herschel Explanatory Supplement Vol. I (2017) |
Spacecraft and Mission Overview
Spacecraft and systems:
- Herschel post-Operations brochure: web page, direct download (2019)
- Herschel build-up animation (2018)
- Herschel/Planck Acronyms (2017)
- Herschel pre-launch brochure (2009)
Science and science management
- AO2: Herschel Policies and Procedures (2011)
- Herschel Observing Log (2016)
- Herschel Publication Tracking (2018)
Orbit and operations:
HERSCHEL Observatory DATA PRODUCTS OVERVIEW
- The Legacy Herschel Science Archive (2019)
- A Guide to the Herschel Science Archive User Interface (2018)
- Herschel Product Definition Document (2017)
- Observatory Highly Processed Data Products [HPDPs] (2017)
- Observatory User Provided Data Products [UPDPs] (2017)
- Observatory Ancillary Data Products [ADPs] (2017)
- An introduction to Quality Control (2008)
Herschel Mission Calibration and Performance Overview
Calibration:
- Herschel celestial calibration sources (2014)
- Herschel Calibration Overview (2015)
- Herschel Calibrator Models (2017)
- Herschel cross-calibration (2017)
Pointing:
- Herschel Pointing: Status, Impact on Map-Making, and Coming Improvements (2014)
- The pointing system of the Herschel space observatory Description, Calibration, Performance and improvements (2014)
PSF:
- Theoretical telescope PSF (2010)
- PSF as measured by HIFI (2014)
- PSF as measured by the PACS Photometer; Download Tarball of FITS files [~80Mb] (2015)
- PSF as measured by SPIRE (2010)
HERSCHEL DATA PROCESSING OVERVIEW
- Herschel Academy (2017)
- HIPE Quick Start Guide (2016)
- Virtual HIPE Quick Start Guide (2017)
- HIPE Owner's Guide (2016)
- HIPE Data Analysis Guide (2016)
About the Herschel Explanatory Legacy Library
- Quick Start Guide to the Herschel Explanatory Legacy Library (2017)
- Preserving Herschel Knowledge with Legacy Documentation - the Herschel Explanatory Legacy Library (2017)
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