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HEDC

Hessi Experimental Data Center
(ETHZ - Institute of Astronomy & Institute for Information Systems)

 

What is HEDC ?

- Sun server 2x 450MHz, 735 GB (~ 2 years)
- analysis and browsing through web interface

 

Analysis

- lightcurves, spectroscopy, image reconstruction
- computed and storable on HEDC server

 

Browsing

- telemetry files ( ex : date)
- analyses, quicklooks (ex: certain SC and/or specific reconstruction technique)
- high level events (HLE) (ex: min. count rate in a given energy range)

 

Synoptic Database

- ground-based & space instruments
- Phoenix-2 data

 

HEDC special features

- will generate its own catalog and quicklooks (solar AND non-solar)
- can run several background processes
- all analyses storable on HEDC, availble as fits
- useful for low bandwidth connection, and/or low computing capability
- powerful browsing tool

 

Still under development !

 

Example ! : http://www.hedc.ethz.ch