Software to reduce spectral line and continuum observations
Under the collective name
GILDAS
(Grenoble Image and Line Data Analysis Software)
a set of software packages has been developed by IRAM-Grenoble. A
recent version (release of May 2001) has been installed on gaia. A somewhat
older version (July 1995) runs on terra. An even older
version (Sept. 1990) is (or rather: was) running on astbo1.
Below follows a brief description of each of the packages:
CLASS, GreG, ASTRO, GRAPHIC, CLIC.
Files in FITS-format can be read in by all of these packages, and will be
transformed to a suitable format. It can also be used to reduce Medicina data.
Use
To use the latest version, add the path
/irasoft/gildas/linux-intel/bin to
your .login file. The older (1995) version requires the path
/soft/astro/gag/exe/bin to be added to your
.login file. On astbo1, add
@user3:[brand.gagdir.SEP90.login]GAGLOGIN to your
login.com file.
In all three versions simply typing the name of the package will
get you started. The default printer is ira515ps.
Documentation
Postscript files of the manual can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from
iraux2.iram.fr, directory dist/doc/ps, or in compressed version (produced by
the Unix command compress) from directory dist/doc/comp
Help
For printed manuals of most packages, and information and help on how to access
and run the programs, contact J. Brand (IRA #512, tel. 639-9372).
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CLASS
CLASS (Continuum and Line Analysis Single-dish Software) is a package for
reducing spectroscopic data, and also continuum drifts obtained on a
single-dish telescope. It can also process optical and IR data. Baseline- and
gaussian (up to 5 components) fitting can be done interactively. But there are
numerous other features...
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GreG
GReG (Grenoble Graphic) is a graphic utility package, whose goal is to help
prepare plots of your data or the results of theoretical computations. Major
goals were device independence as much as possible and efficient
interactive use. The unix version of this program was written to also handle
bitmap display of images, contour filling (greyscales) etc.
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ASTRO
ASTRO (A Software To pRepare Observations) was developed to aid astronomers
in preparing their observations (creating visibility charts for any location
and any time, computing observing frequency setup, etc.). The program is
interactive and uses GreG for graphic output.
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GRAPHIC
Is a superset of GreG, and allows display of maps, creating of overlays,
handling of data cubes (making cuts etc.).
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CLIC
CLIC (Continuum and Line Interferometer Calibration) is a dedicated program
for calibration of IRAM Plateau de Bure data.
Word-processing software
13/2/02 J. Brand