The ESO Science Archive Facility: Status, Impact, and Prospects

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Martino Romaniello, Magda Arnaboldi, Mauro Barbieri, Nausicaa Delmotte, Adam Dobrzycki, Nathalie Fourniol, Wolfram Freudling, Jorge Grave, Laura Mascetti, Alberto Micol

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Jörg Retzlaff, Nicolas Rosse, Tomas Tax, Myha Vuong, Olivier Hainaut, Marina Rejkuba, Michael Sterzik

/ Abstract

Scientific data collected at ESO's observatories are freely and openly accessible online through the ESO Science Archive Facility. In addition to the raw data straight out of the instruments, the ESO Science Archive also contains four million processed science files available for use by scientists and astronomy enthusiasts worldwide. ESO subscribes to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) guiding principles for scientific data management and stewardship. All data in the ESO Science Archive are distributed according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).