Just found out how much data the Hubble archive holds

I was reading an article about the Hubble Space Telescope and saw it's sent back over 170 terabytes of images since 1990. That's a crazy amount of raw space pics just sitting there for anyone to look at. Has anyone here ever downloaded and processed raw Hubble data themselves?

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elizabeth8756mo ago

My computer would probably give up before I did, honestly.

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cameroncarr6mo ago

That archive is wild. My cousin tried processing some raw Hubble data once and gave up after three days of wrestling with the software.

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zara_hill466mo ago

Ever tried using the old FITS liberator software? I had to process some raw Spitzer data for a class project and the interface felt like it was from 1995. It's a miracle any science gets done with those tools.

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