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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