Data Releases

Contents

Data Release 1

Data Release 2

Data Release 3

Data Releases and Data Rights

Releases will include all Level 1 to Level 5 data products. Each public release will be preceded by an internal release to the ARRAKIHS Mission Consortium to enable preparation of low surface brightness optimised Level 5 products. There will be three public releases:

  • Data Release 1 (DR1): 3 galaxies, based on observations of galaxies that have been completed
    in the first 6 months of the survey.
  • Data Release 2 (DR2): 25 galaxies, based on observations of galaxies that have been completed
    in the first 18 months of the survey.
  • Data Release 3 (DR3): all ARRAKIHS survey targets (minimum of 80 galaxies).

Levels 1 to 4 data products for completed filler observations will be released to the Community at the time of scheduled Survey data releases. The releases will be made directly to the public with no prior or preferential access by the ARRAKIHS Mission Consortium for science exploitation before this time.

Early Release Observations images will be released around the time of the In-orbit Commissioning Review, with the Level 1 to Level 3 data products following within a few weeks.

Selected data taken during Science Performance Verification Phase will be released, to include a fully reduced image of one of the ARRAKIHS Survey targets shortly after the end of the phase, and the Levels 1 to 4 data after 2 months. The Level 5 data will be included in DR1.

Releases to the Scientific Community will be via ESA ARRAKIHS mission webpages.

Instrument

The spacecraft has two sets of binocular telescopes, consisting of two visible cameras and two infrared cameras. The instrument of the mission undergoes extensive research to fulfill its scientific objectives.

Science

ARRAKIHS will observe ‘ultra-low surface brightness’ galaxy haloes. The population of faint halo satellite galaxies and streams provide the ideal laboratory to test current dark matter models.

Organization

This ARRAKIHS Mission Consortium is a group of researchers and engineers, fundamentally organized along three crucial lines of operation: Instrumentation, Science and Ground Segment.