| SAOimage DS9 | SAOimage DS9 is the latest astronomical imaging application from SAO (Smithsonial Astrophysical Observatory). You can start it up by typing ds9 at the prompt. It also works well with IRAF. |
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| IRAF | Online manual for the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF). To get documentation go to FTP Archive under "Software". Another useful collection of links is under "Documentation": go to All Docs and then to Recommended Documentation for every site. IRAF Help under "Documentation" also has a description of all the packages. |
| SM (SuperMongo) | SM is an interactive plotting program which you can use to generate plots on krishna. The command reference section is especially useful. To get you started, I put together a short Beginner's Guide. Once you read my guide, check out the SM Tutorial, which goes into somewhat more depth, but is not nearly as hard to navigate as the manual. |
| The IDL Astronomy User's Library | Online manual for IDL Astronomy Software |
| IPAC Skyview | Skyview is an image display and analysis program for the interactive analysis of astronomical data. The Skyview User's Guide is available in postscript format here -- part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, |