The ESO-GOODS project is now entirely served via the Phase 3 infrastructure
The GOODS advanced data products are now available via the query forms for Science Data Products of the ESO Archive.
The ESO-GOODS project consists of a number of observing campaigns in the CDFS field (in particular in the GOODS-South central region), primarily with the VLT, designed to complement the capabilities of HST prior to SM4. The VLT campaign was conducted under the programme "The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: ESO Public Observations of the SIRTF Legacy/HST Treasury/Chandra Deep Field South", with PI Catherine Cesarsky, over the periods P68-P77. This programme includes:
- deep near IR coverage of the GOODS region in the JHK bands with ISAAC
- very deep U-band imaging of the entire CDFS area with VIMOS
- an extensive spectroscopic campaign with FORS2 and VIMOS which has yielded ~2700 secure source redshifts
The data were migrated to be compliant to the ESO standard regarding format and header keywords requirements, and ingested in the ESO Science Archive Facility via the Phase 3 infrastructure.
This migration enhanced the value of these products by adding useful information in the headers of the files. Furthermore the three associated catalogues (two spectroscopic redshift catalogues and one color catalogue) have also become accessible via the Catalog facility query interface.