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A Data Analysis Facility for the Faint Object Camera

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Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 97))

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The Faint Object Camera is the ESA instrument to be flown in the Space Telescope. A modern facility is being established to provide the software required to analyse the FOC data. This paper describes the basic hardware and software characteristics of the ESA facility.

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  1. Macchetto, F., Pacini, F., Tarenghi, M., (eds.), Proceedings of the ESA/ESO Workshop on Astronomical Uses of the Space Telescope, Geneva, 12-14 February 1979.

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  2. Macchetto, F., van de Hulst, H.C., di Serego Alighieri, S., and Perryman, M.A.C., The Faint Object Camera for the Space Telescope, ESA, SP-1028, October 1980.

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Macchetto, F. (1982). A Data Analysis Facility for the Faint Object Camera. In: Jaschek, C., Heintz, W. (eds) Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 97. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7858-4_24

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