Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of Astronomical Tools/Software

Timestamp:

03/31/06 11:30:36 (20 years ago)

Author:

cdelarcuz

Comment:

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Astronomical Tools/Software

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 Writing functions and procedures. 
 and much more. More extensive information is given in the IDL FAQ. 
-Latest IDL version
-IDL 6.2 is now available under Solaris and Linux (with a very large number of floating licences). 
+We currently have IDL 6.2 installed. 
 
 ==== TeXtoIDL ====
@@ -78 +77 @@
  * [wiki:pgplot] 
  * [wiki:ximtool] 
- * [wiki:ds9] 
+ * [wiki:ds9]
+== Image Display Programs ==
+=== ds9 ===
+SAOImage [http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord/ds9/ DS9] is an astronomical 
+imaging and data visualization application. DS9 supports FITS images and 
+binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and 
+colormaps. It provides for easy communication with external analysis tasks and is highly 
+configurable and extensible. The currently installed version is 4.0b8.
+ 
  * [wiki:karma] 
  * [wiki:FFTW]