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Data Release 1 of the Hubble Legacy Archive now available!

The Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA) is a collaboration between ST-ECF, STScI and CADC designed to optimize science from the Hubble Space Telescope by providing online, enhanced Hubble products and advanced browsing capabilities. First data were released on Feb 8, 2008. This data release includes 2470 NICMOS grism spectra extracted at the ST-ECF.

Further information:

HLA NICMOS spectra

Selected spectra from the HLA NICMOS data release 1


Slitless Spectroscopy Simulation Software aXeSIM released

As part of the WFC3 slitless spectroscopy support, the ST-ECF has developed aXeSIM, a dedicated software package to simulate 2-dimensional WFC3 slitless spectroscopic images. aXeSIM is available as:

aXeSIM Example

An aXeSIM simulation: The NICMOS UDF field observed with the WFC3/G141 grism.

Other News

 

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a joint project between the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope.