Astronomical Software Environement at IDC (Solaris)

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• cia The ISOCAM Interactive Analysis Package (version MAY01). To use this software, you have to type:
  
  

  % source ~setup/cshrc.camia

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % source ~setup/cshrc.idl5.4

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % cia

  
  

• dss A tool to access the Digitized Sky Surveys (DSS1 & 2) at ESO directly from your computer (without web browser). It can be used also in batch mode. To use this software, you have to type:
  
  

  % dss1

  or

  % dss2

  More info ... .

  
  

• idl IDL is a 4GL language for data visualization and application developement (Default Version 5.3, other versions available: 3.6, 4, 5, 5.1, 5.2) To use this software, you have to type:
  
  

  % source ~setup/cshrc.idl5.3

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % idl

  
  

• iraf The Image Reduction and Analysis Facility, a general purpose software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data (Version 2.11). To use this software, you have to type:
  
  

  % source ~setup/cshrc.sol_iraf

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % xgterm

  % mkiraf (only the first time you run iraf)

  % cl

  
  

• irsky The Infrared Sky (IRSKY) is a software tool for viewing the infrared sky (Version 2.4).

  
  

• isap The ISO Spectral Analysis Package (Version 2.1) More info ... .

  To start isap in the GUI mode, first "cd" to the directory containing your data and then type:
  

  
  

  % isap

  
  

• lia The LWS Spectral Analysis Package (Version 8.0) More info ... .

  It consists in a library of IDL routines, accesible from within the ISAP command line. To enter LIA, please type:

  
  

  % isap com

  
  

• osia The Observer's SWS Interactive Analysis Package (Version 2.0) More info ... .

  To start OSIA please type:

  
  

  % source ~setup/cshrc.osia

  % osia

  
  

• pia The PHT Interactive Analysis software (Version 8.0) More info ...

  To use this software, you have to type:
  
  

  % source ~setup/cshrc.idl5.2

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % pia_test

  
  

• saoimage Saoimage is an X-windows based image display server originally developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Version 1.07)

  
  

• sia The SWS Interactive Analysis software. To use this software, you have to type:
  
  

  % source ~setup/cshrc.swsia

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % source ~setup/cshrc.idl5.2

  (You can also add this line to your .cshrc)

  % sia

  
  

• skyview IPAC Skyview is an image display and analysis program originally created to aid in work on IRAS (Infrared Astronomy Satellite) image products (Version 3.2.1)

  
  

• xephem XEphem is an interactive astronomy program for UNIX systems (Version 3.2.2)