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Introduction to the Hubble Space Telescope Data Handbooks
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Changes made to this document after version 9.0 was published are logged here.

November 9, 2022:

References to Astroconda are replaced with stenv in Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

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Introduction to the Hubble Space Telescope Data Handbooks
- • Change Log
- Preface
  - • Typographic Conventions
- 1. Obtaining HST Data
  - • 1.1 Archive Overview
  - • 1.2 Enhanced Data Products
  - • 1.3 Calibration Reference Data
- 2. HST File Names
  - • 2.1 File Name Format
  - • 2.2 Rootnames
  - • 2.3 Suffixes of Files Common to All Instruments
  - • 2.4 Associations
- 3. HST File Formats
  - • 3.1 HST Data Files
  - • 3.2 FITS File Format
- 4. HST Data Analysis
  - • 4.1 Analysis Options for HST Data
  - • 4.2 Obtaining STScI Software
  - • 4.3 Notable Python Packages for HST
  - • 4.4 Working with FITS Data in Python
  - • 4.5 Displaying Imaging Data
  - • 4.6 Analyzing HST Images
  - • 4.7 Displaying and Analyzing HST Spectra
- 5. Observation Logs
  - • 5.1 Observation Log Files
  - • 5.2 Using Observation Logs