Changes between Version 43 and Version 44 of Astronomical Tools/Software


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    5 == AIPS ==
     5=== AIPS ===
    66[http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips/ AIPS], the NRAO Astronomical Image Processing System is used primarily for reducing data from synthesis
    77radio telescopes. General information is given in the [http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips/aips_faq.html#AIPS.8 AIPS FAQ].
    88We currently have version 31DEC06 installed.
    99
    10 == CIAO ==
     10=== CIAO ===
    1111[http://asc.harvard.edu/ciao/intro/ CIAO], is a data analysis system written for the needs of users of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Because Chandra is the first mission with 4-dimensional data (2 spatial, time, energy) in which each dimension has many independent elements, CIAO was built to handle N-dimensional data without concern about which particular axes were being analyzed. Also, apart from a few Chandra instrument tools, CIAO is mission independent.
    1212
    13 == IRAF ==
     13=== IRAF ===
    1414 
    1515[http://www.starlink.ac.uk/iraf/web IRAF] is a heterogeneous collection of routines and packages for all sorts of tasks,
     
    1717for which their is extensive [http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/web/docs/recommend.html on-line documentation.]
    1818
    19 == PYRAF ==
     19=== PYRAF ===
    2020[http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf PyRAF] is a new command language for IRAF
    2121based on the Python scripting language.
     
    2525packages for the HST instruments e.g. [http://stsdas.stsci.edu/pydrizzle/ Pydrizzle] and [http://stsdas.stsci.edu/multidrizzle/ Multidrizzle].
    2626
    27 == FFTW ==
     27=== FFTW ===
    2828[http://www.fftw.org/ FFTW] is a C subroutine library for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in one or more dimensions, of arbitrary input size, and of both real and complex data (as well as of even/odd data, i.e. the discrete cosine/sine transforms or DCT/DST).
    2929The FFTW package was developed at MIT by Matteo Frigo and Steven G. Johnson.
    3030Our workstation have version 3 installed.
    3131
    32 == GNU scientific library ==
     32=== GNU scientific library ===                     
    3333GNU Scientific Library (GSL)
    3434
    35 == HEASOFT ==
     35=== HEASOFT ===
    3636
    3737[http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/lheasoft/ HEASOFT] is a
     
    4141The current version of HEAsoft is 6.0.4 (November 28 2005)
    4242 
    43 == IDL ==
     43=== IDL ===
    4444[http://rsinc.com/idl/ IDL], the Interactive Data Language, or IDL, is a product of Research Systems Inc (RSI).
    4545It is a package designed to reduce, analyse and display scientific data and images.
     
    7373which runs your settup defined by the environment variable IDL_STARTUP.
    7474
    75 == KARMA ==
     75=== KARMA ===
    7676
    7777[http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/karma/ KARMA] is a toolkit for interprocess communications, authentication, encryption, graphics display, user interface and manipulating the Karma network data structure. It contains KarmaLib (the structured libraries and API) and a large number of modules (applications) to perform many standard tasks. A suite of visualisation tools are distributed with the library.
    7878
    79 == LApack ==
     79=== LApack ===
    8080
    8181[http://www.netlib.org/lapack/index.html LAPACK] is written in Fortran77 and provides routines for solving systems of simultaneous linear equations, least-squares solutions of linear systems of equations, eigenvalue problems, and singular value problems. The associated matrix factorizations (LU, Cholesky, QR, SVD, Schur, generalized Schur) are also provided, as are related computations such as reordering of the Schur factorizations and estimating condition numbers. Dense and banded matrices are handled, but not general sparse matrices. In all areas, similar functionality is provided for real and complex matrices, in both single and double precision.
    8282
    83 == MIRIAD ==
     83=== MIRIAD ===
    8484[http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/miriad/ MIRIAD] is radio interferometry data reduction package.
    8585It has particular emphasis on aspects of interest to users of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA).
     
    8888synthesis imaging, mosaicing, ATCA pulsar bin mode, and some spectral line observing applications (e.g. Zeeman experiments).
    8989
    90  == PHYSICA ==
     90=== PHYSICA ===
    9191
    9292[http://www.triumf.ca/compserv.html PHYSICA] is a high level, interactive programming environment with user friendly graphics and sophisticated mathematical analysis capabilities.
     
    9494
    9595
    96 == SAS ==
     96=== SAS ===
    9797[http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/sas/new/ SAS] is the XMM-Newton Science Analysis System.
    9898We currently have version 6.5.0 installed.
    9999
    100 == STSDAS ==
     100=== STSDAS ===
    101101[http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/stsdas STSDAS] is the software for reducing
    102102and analyzing data from the Hubble Space Telescope. It is layered on top of IRAF and
     
    105105We currently have version 3.4 installed.
    106106 
    107 == SCILAB ==
     107=== SCILAB ===
    108108[http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] is a scientific software package for numerical computations
    109109providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications.
     
    113113interpreter and a high level programming language.
    114114
    115 == Spitzer tools ==
     115=== Spitzer tools ===
    116116[http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit/spot/ Spitzer telescope observation preparation tool (SPOT)].
    117117SPOT is the observation preparation tool for the Spitzer telescope.
     
    120120We currently have version Spitzer-pride13_0_3 installed.
    121121
    122 == TEMPO ==
     122=== TEMPO ===
    123123[http://pulsar.princeton.edu/tempo/ Tempo] is a program for the analysis of pulsar timing data. Pulsar rotation, astrometric, and binary parameters are deduced by fitting models to pulse times of arrival measured at one or more terrestrial observatories.
    124124Tempo is maintained and distributed by Princeton University and the Australia Telescope National Facility. The code is freely available, and others are encouraged to extend, modify, and improve it as they see fit.
     
    126126== Image Display Programs ==
    127127
    128 ==== ds9 ====
     128=== ds9 ===
    129129SAOImage [http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord/ds9/ DS9] is an astronomical
    130130imaging and data visualization application. DS9 supports FITS images and
     
    134134
    135135
    136 ==== PGPLOT ====
     136=== PGPLOT ===
    137137[http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/ PGPLOT] is a large subroutine library for plotting scientific data.
    138138The PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library is a Fortran- or C-callable, device-independent graphics package for making simple scientific graphs. It is intended for making graphical images of publication quality with minimum effort on the part of the user. For most applications, the program can be device-independent, and the output can be directed to the appropriate device at run time.
    139139
    140 ==== ImageMagick ====
     140=== ImageMagick ===
    141141
    142142[http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php ImageMagick®], is a free software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a large variety of formats. Images can be cropped, colors can be changed, various effects can be applied, images can be rotated and combined, and text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves can be added to images and stretched and rotated.