AST/GLG 598 - Astronomical Instrumentation and Data Analysis

The two most popular environments for performing professional astronomical image processing are IRAF and IDL. This page contains a whole series of locally stored reference files for the two environments, but the original source is always the best reference in cases of conflict.

IRAF = Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (iraf.net)

IDL = Interactive Data Language (www.ittvis.com/idl)

 

Documentation and Guides

IRAF

Document Title	PDF File
Beginners Guide to Using IRAF	178 KB
CCD Data Reduction Using IRAF	2.9 MB
Photometry Using IRAF	175 KB
Stellar CCD Photometry Using IRAF	904 KB
Reducing Slit Spectra Using IRAF	1.5 MB
Introduction to Writing IRAF Scripts	149 KB
Aligning Images Using IRAF	299 KB
Cleaning Images of Hot Pixels and Cosmic Rays	268 KB
User Guide to the IRAF APPHOT Package	75 KB
Introduction to the IRAF Command Language (cl)	749 KB
Reference Guide to the DAOPHOT Package	211 KB

IDL

Document Title	PDF File
Getting Started with IDL	8.0 MB
Using IDL	9.7 MB
Image Processing with IDL	6.4 MB
Building IDL Applications	5.5 MB
IDL Reference Guide (large!)	38.1 MB
GSFC IDL Astronomy Library Guide	Online