READ_PUBLIC 5/11/04 0. Check the Leopard bugs list to learn about any software issues that affect data downloads. http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit/spot/leopardbugs.txt 1. Option 1 -- Recommended download strategy a. Download the Spitzer Pride software (http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit/spot/) b. Install Spitzer Pride c. Start Leopard d. Select Popular Products Query from the File menu and choose the data sets you want e. Select Download Selections from the file menu and let the Leopard Subscriber manage the data download from the Popular Products website. 2. Option 2 -- Go to data.spitzer.caltech.edu/popular/ and download the files individually. If you only want one or two files, this is the fastest method. For any large queries we recommend Option 1. 3. Option 3 -- Use the web query interface (archive.spitzer.caltech.edu) or the regular query options in Leopard. Either of these methods means that all the data needs to be packaged and staged again before download. We highly recommend using option 1.