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Image reduction and Analysis Facility
Version : 2.12
Author(s) : Various
License : AURA
Website : http://iraf.noao.edu
Disk space required for installation is 313.40 Mb
A shortcut will be installed in the KDE/GNOME desktop menu system,
as an entry in the Astronomy submenu
Summary
IRAF is the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility, a general purpose
software system for the reduction and analysis of
astronomical data. IRAF is written and supported by the IRAF
programming group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories
(NOAO) in Tucson, Arizona.
NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in
Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National
Science Foundatio
IRAF is the "Image Reduction and Analysis Facility". The main IRAF
distribution includes a good selection of programs for general image
processing and graphics,
plus a large number of programs for the reduction and analysis of
optical and IR astronomy data (the "noao" packages). Other external or
layered packages are
available for applications such as data acquisition or handling
data from other observatories and wavelength regimes such as the Hubble
Space Telescope (optical),
EUVE (extreme ultra-violet), or ROSAT and AXAF (X-ray). These
external packages are distributed separately from the main IRAF
distribution but can be easily
installed. The IRAF system also includes a complete programming
environment for scientific applications, which includes a programmable
Command Language
scripting facility, the IMFORT Fortran/C programming interface, and
the full SPP/VOS programming environment in which the portable IRAF
system and all
applications are written.
IRAF is freely available on all platforms via anonymous ftp to our
server at iraf.noao.edu or for a small cost it may be ordered on tape
or CD-ROM. If you are unsure
about whether IRAF can help you, we have a FAQ (frequently-asked
questions list) to answer this particular question.
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