The Hubble Data Archive (HDA) is mainly intended for astronomical researchers
who plan to make scientific use of the data. Access to the HDA is open to
everybody but amateurs, educators, and other interested people should be aware
that the format of the data may be
inappropriate for most personal computer systems.
Each registrant will be provided with an archive retrieval password, which the
retrieval pages in StarView or the World Wide Web interface will ask for when the
user retrieves data. The archive retrieval password can be changed within
StarView by using the pull-down "View" menu at the top of the screen to access
"Retrieval", hitting "Submit", and then using the "Change Password" button at
the bottom of the screen.
Different retrieval options are
available, including ftp of the data to the user's home machine and transfer
(for public data only) to the archive staging disk.
