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This is the homepage for the ING data archive. The catalogue contains all of the existing data from the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes on La Palma. These consist of the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope, the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope and the 1.0m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope.
There are currently approximately 430,000 observations included in the catalogue. Of these approximately 75% are of astronomical sources, the rest being of calibration sources and tests (engineering). The data come from a variety of instruments on all telescopes and include direct imaging, long slit spectroscopy, echelle spectroscopy, multi-object fibre spectroscopy, multi-slit spectroscopy and Fabry-Perot spectroscopy. Although all every effort is made to load data into the archive as soon as it arrives in Cambridge, the user is not in general permitted access to information on data that is less than a year old. (As an exception an observer on a particular proposal can approach us directly if in need of another copy of data that is not yet out of the embargo period.)
If you find data you would like to have, you are welcome to it. However, you must register as a user. This is simply a precaution so that we know (1) where to send the data and (2) where use is being made of the data. The latter will only be used when it comes to compiling statistics about archive useage. (It won't be passed on to any double glazing or time-share firms.)
This new interface provides access to data from 1990 until now. Use the menu on the left to query the archive (under Actions). Remember to read the help documentation (Help Topics) if this is your first visit.
If you need to to access earlier data you can still use the old interface.
If you find data useful for you all we ask is that you include the following acknowledgment in your publication:
This paper makes use of data obtained from the Isaac Newton Group Archive which is maintained as part of the CASU Astronomical Data Centre at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.
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