Articles tagged with 'IRAF'

Blog: Spectral analysis tools?

Kelle writes:

I'm looking for preexisting code to do two things:

1) given an observed spectrum and a filter profile, compute mags

2) given a spectrum and two wavelengths, measure equivalent widths of absorption/emission lines.  similar to the 'e' function in splot (IRAF).

Posted by aldcroft

Resource: stsci_python

Description: Data analysis infrastructure
Homepage URL: http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf/stsci_python

stsci_python is a library of Python routines and C extensions that has been developed to provide a general astronomical data analysis infrastructure. It includes the following:

  • PyRAF, an environment for running IRAF tasks without using the IRAF CL
  • MultiDrizzle, a task for combining dithered STScI images
  • PyFITS, used to read FITS images and tables ...

Posted by aldcroft

Resource: PyRAF

Description: Run IRAF commands inside a python environment
Homepage URL: http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf

PyRAF is a command language for running IRAF tasks that is based on the Python scripting language. It gives users the ability to run IRAF tasks in an environment that has all the power and flexibility of Python. PyRAF can be installed along with an existing IRAF installation; users can then ...

Posted by tom