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Description |
IRAF is a general Image Reduction
and Analysis Facility providing a wide range of image processing tools
for the user. |
Version installed |
Ubuntu 22.04:
2.16.1 (installed in February 2023) with STSDAS+TABLES v3.17.
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Usage |
At the command prompt, type:
ecl
First-time users should execute the command mkiraf
at the host level in their /home/user/iraf directory.
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Upgrade Notes |
N/A |
Manuals and
Documentation |
All information you wish to have about IRAF can be found at iraf.net,
which also contains a very helpful Users Forum.
Also, the IRAF paso a paso
course held at the IAC gives a basic introduction to IRAF, and contains
a list of several manuals
for beginners and advanced users. |
SIE contact |
Nicola Caon
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– tel: 5383 – office: 1.124 |
Additional Info |
IRAF contains, besides its "core" NOAO software and TABLES+STSDAS,
several external packages developed outside NOAO. For a concise
list with a brief description of the most important packages installed
here at the IAC, see the IRAF External
Packages @ IAC page.
The relevant environment variables for IRAF are:
iraf=/opt/iraf/iraf-2.16.1/
IRAFARCH=linux64 (for
RedHat/Fedora/Ubuntu x86_64).
If you compile a program that links to IRAF libraries (for instance standalone Daophot), such libraries
can be found in the directories:
/opt/iraf/iraf-2.16.1/irafbin/bin.linux64/
/opt/iraf/iraf-2.16.1/iraf/unix/bin.linux64/
SYNPHOT Data: In order to be able to access the SYNPHOT Data directory,
include the following instruction in your login.cl or
loginuser.cl file:
crrefer="/opt/iraf/synphotdata/"
Apropos task: to enable the apropos task, please include the following
instruction in your login.cl or loginuser.cl file:
task apropos = stsdas$apropos.cl
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