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Software Facilities at Calar Alto
Within our network, you can find some programs, applications or utilities that will help with your job when working at Calar Alto. Most of those facilities work on both Unix and Solaris environment. Some others, very old normally, are not ported to Linux or are available on a different way through the web site.
Index:
4. Well known astronomy programs
| Program |
Operating System |
Description |
| fitscopyx |
Solaris / Linux |
Copies fits files into DAT units (GUI) |
| fitscopy |
Solaris |
Same as above, but only text (Deprecated) |
| ccdlstx |
Solaris / Linux |
Lists fits files from DAT units (GUI) |
| ccdlst |
Solaris |
Same as above, but only text (Deprecated) |
| fitslist | Solaris / Linux |
Listings of fits headers from directories |
| datout | Solaris / Linux |
Extracts files from DAT to disk (text only) |
| qfits-tools | Linux |
Package to make it easier to query the fits header information (commands dfits and fitsort) |
| Program |
Operating System | Description |
| twinangle |
Solaris |
Grating angles on TWIN spectrograph |
| coudeangle |
Solaris |
Grating angles on COUDE spectrograph |
| ffl |
Solaris |
Flat Field Lamp with GUI |
| flats |
Solaris |
Flat Field Lamp text mode (for scripts) |
| ves |
Web |
Stars Visibility Program |
| twiflat |
Web |
Twilight flat exposure prediction |
| Paralactic Angle |
Web |
Paralactic Angle Calculation Page |
| Program | Operating System |
Description |
| wdx |
Solaris / Linux |
General Weather Station Program |
| wdxx |
Solaris / Linux |
Weather Station with graphical tendency |
| wdxday |
Solaris / Linux |
Max and Min values (deprecated) |
| wdxi | Web |
Weather, Seeing and Extinction page |
4. Well known astronomy programs
| Program | Operating System |
Comments |
| Iraf |
Solaris / Linux |
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| Midas |
Solaris / Linux |
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| ximtool |
Solaris / Linux |
Only on 8bit displays |
| Saoimage |
Solaris / Linux |
Only on 8bit displays |
| ds9 |
Solaris / Linux |
For 24bit displays |
| xgterm |
Solaris / Linux |
Enhanced xterm for Iraf |
| IDL 5.3 |
Solaris |
2 Licenses |
| IDL 6.0 |
Linux |
Licenses from IAA |
| SuperMongo |
Solaris / Linux |
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| pgdisp |
Solaris |
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| skycat |
Solaris / Linux |
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| skycalc | Solaris |
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| skycalendar |
Solaris |
Of course, you can find the normal compilers like cc, gcc, g77 or f77 in both Solaris and Linux environment, together with usual scripting applications like tcl/tk, Perl, or the normal editors like emacs, xemacs or nedit.
For a view of the avaliable services like DHCP , mail , etc... please, see our department main page or click here for a quick introduction to our facilities