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NUMBER: 553
MODULE: splot
SYSTEM: -V2.12.3
DATE: Tue May 16 11:08:14 MST 2006
FROM: valdes

BUG: If SPLOT is run more than once without flushing the process (flpr) then the default aperture will be that from the last execution. The consequence is that use of an image section to select an aperture in a multiaperture file may not display the intended spectrum. The workaround is to use the command "flpr" before using an image section.

STATUS: Fixed for the next release.

For quite a while now users have been running into problems associated with the ESO convention of using HIERARCH keywords in their headers. This became a common enough issue that we developed a script to help deal with it. That script never made it into the core system, but the explanatory text and script itself is posted here.

We are pleased to announce the 16th annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS), to be held at the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona, USA during 15-18 October 2006....The featured themes for this year's program are:

• Challenges and Solutions for Very Large Data
• Advances in Imaging and Calibration Algorithms
• Quality Management in Astronomical Data Management Systems
• Modern Grid Computing in Astronomy
• Architectures for Large Astronomy Software Systems
• Solar Neighborhood & Planetary Astronomy

Full details at the ADASS 2006 website

V6 of the Scisoft astronomy software collection CD/DVD from ESO is now available as a single DVD for Linux (FC3). The disc contents have also apparently made in onto the (non-ESO) OSX release, further updates likely throughout the year.

The Astronomy Tools and Applications Branch of the Space Telescope Science Institute wishes to announce the availability of version 3.5 of the Space Telescope Science Data Analysis Software (STSDAS). Concurrent with the STSDAS release, we have also released v3.5 of the TABLES external package.....

Changelog and download details in the body of the story.

A beta-release of the Mac/Intel port is now available for user testing. Features are still planned and the final packaging has yet to be done, but this is a fully functional release of IRAF, X11IRAF, various external packages and DS9, all with native Intel binaries.

Please report any problems, bugs, or suggestions to the forum thread started on this topic. The beta may be updated occassionally if serious bugs are found or major new features added, and all users should update to the final release once it is ready. Detailed, if quick, release notes are in the body of the message. For the impatient, here is a link to the distribution directory.

Update: (3/14/06) PPC binaries and common x86/ppc source updated in distribution.
Update: (3/29/06) STSDAS/TABLES V3.5 x86 binaries added to distribution.
Update: (4/03/06) RedHat binaries of port added to distribution (see comments).

NUMBER: 552
MODULE: imcombine
SYSTEM: V2.12.2
DATE: Tue Feb 28 14:07:30 MST 2006
FROM: valdes

BUG: When the combine option is sum and weighting is selected an exception occurs. The sum option was added as a later feature and a flag needed for weighting was not set. There is no workaround to combine weighting and summing directly. One can use "average" and the scale the result to the equivalent of a sum.

STATUS: Fixed for V2.12.3.