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All centralized astro-software (binaries and source) is placed under /cluster/apps/software/, which should be exported as the environmental variable $SOFTWARE.
#To use astro-software you should have these lines in your .bashrc
# Lines from Bogdan to set-up astro software:
if [ -f /cluster/apps/software/_profile/aliases/astro.bash ]; then
source "/cluster/apps/software/_profile/aliases/astro.bash"
fi
To use it, run first "ml ASTRO" to load the ASTRO workspace. This will set environmental variables required for some tools/programs to run.
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- heasoft: A Unified Release of the FTOOLS and XANADU Software Packages (https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/heasoft/)
- Description:
- To load it: ml ASTRO heasoft
- Version installed: 6.31 (6.30)
- Acknowledgement:
- caldb: HEASARC's calibration database (CALDB) system (https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/caldb_intro.html)
- Description:
- To load it: TBD ?
- Version installed:
- Acknowledgement:
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- ds9: SAO Image ds9 (https://sites.google.com/cfa.harvard.edu/saoimageds9)
- Description: An image display and visualization tool for astronomical data.
- To load it: ml ds9
- Version installed: 8.3
- Acknowledgement: SAO
- astroconda: Third-party add-on channel to provide easy access to STScI’s software packages (https://astroconda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#)
- Description: AstroConda is a free Conda channel maintained (until Feb. 2023) by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. This channel provides tools and utilities required to process and analyze data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and others.
- To load it:
- Version installed:
- Acknowledgement: STScI
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- iraf: Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (https://iraf-community.github.io/)
- Description:
- To load it: ml ASTRO ds9 iraf; init-iraf
- To set it up (first time only): setup-iraf
- Version installed:
- Acknowledgement:
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