European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System
Version : 05FEBp11.2
Author(s) : ESO
License : GPL
Website : http://www.eso.org/projects/esomidas/
Installs from Open Source Astronomy for Linux cd 1
Disk space required for installation is 175.86 Mb
After the package is installed it can be accessed using the command
/opt/astro/bin/startmidas
A shortcut will be installed in the KDE/GNOME desktop menu system,
as an entry in the Astronomy submenu
The ESO-MIDAS system provides general tools for image processing and data reduction with emphasis on astronomical applications including imaging and special reduction packages for ESO instrumentation at La Silla and the VLT at Paranal. In addition it contains applications packages for stellar and surface photometry, image sharpening and decomposition, statistics and various others.