Documentation Archive

Aside from the online help pages distributed with the system there is a large collection of user material available from the archive or through this web page:

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Introductory Materials
A Beginner's Guide to Using IRAF (IRAF Version 2.10), Jeannette Barnes, August 1993. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Introduction to the IRAF Command Language Version 2.3, Peter MB Shames and Doug Tody, August 1986. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Preliminary Test Procedure for IRAF, IRAF Version 2.11, Jeannette Barnes, revised September 1997 (Download: pdf ps.gz) An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF Scripts, revised by Rob Seaman, September 1989. (Download: pdf ps.gz) FITS Kernel User's Guide , by Nelson Zarate, August 1997. (Download: pdf ps.gz)
Installation and Site Manager's Guides
PC-IRAF V2.12 Installation Guide , Tody and Fitzpatrick, Revised May 2002. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Sun/IRAF V2.12 Installation Guide , Tody and Fitzpatrick, Revised May 2002. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Unix/IRAF V2.12 Site Manager's Guide , Tody and Fitzpatrick, Revised May 2002. (Download: pdf ps.gz)
Cookbooks and Guides
A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, February 1997. (Download: pdf ps.gz) The NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey MOSAIC Data Reductions, Buell T. Jannuzi, Jenna Claver, and Frank Valdes, June 2003. Guide to the NOAO Mosaic Data Handling Software, Francisco Valdes, September 1998. A User's Guide to Reducing Slit Spectra with IRAF, Phil Massey, Frank Valdes, Jeannette Barnes, April 1992. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to Reducing Echelle Spectra With IRAF, Daryl Willmarth and Jeannette Barnes, May 1994. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the Multifiber Reduction Task DOFIBERS, Francisco Valdes, July 1995. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the HYDRA Reduction Task DOHYDRA, Francisco Valdes, July 1995. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOSLIT, Francisco Valdes, February 1993. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOECSLIT, Francisco Valdes, February 1993. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to Stellar CCD Photometry with IRAF, Philip Massey and Lindsey Davis, April 1992. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Specifications for the Aperture Photometry Package, Lindsey Davis, revised October 1987. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A Reference Guide to the IRAF/DAOPHOT Package, Lindsey E. Davis, January 1994. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Photometry Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells, February 1994. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Rectifying and Registering Images Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells, April 1994. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Cleaning Images of Bad Pixels and Cosmic Rays Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells and David J. Bell, September 1994. (Download: pdf ps.gz)
CCD Reductions (Including Mosaics)
A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, February 1997. (Download: pdf ps.gz) The Reduction of CCD Mosaic Data, Francisco Valdes, 2001 (in Automated Data Analysis in Astronomy, Narosa Publishing House). (Download: pdf ps.gz) The NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey MOSAIC Data Reductions, Buell T. Jannuzi, Jenna Claver, and Frank Valdes, June 2003. Guide to the NOAO Mosaic Data Handling Software, Francisco Valdes, September 1998. Using MSCRED with Generic Mosaic Data, Francisco Valdes, March 1999. Creating a Mosaic World Coordinate System, Francisco Valdes, March 2000. TNX World Coordinate System, Francisco Valdes, August 2004. New Mosaic Reduction Capabilities, Francisco Valdes, February 2002. Pattern and Transient Removal Algorithms, Francisco Valdes, 2002 (in Proceedins of SPIE Vol. 4847). (Download: pdf ps.gz)
Astrometry and World Coordinates
Creating a Mosaic World Coordinate System, Francisco Valdes, March 2000. TNX World Coordinate System, Francisco Valdes, August 2004. The IRAF/NOAO Spectral World Coordinate Systems, Francisco Valdes, September 1999.
Photometry
Photometry Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells, February 1994. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, February 1997. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to Stellar CCD Photometry with IRAF, Philip Massey and Lindsey Davis, April 1992. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Specifications for the Aperture Photometry Package, Lindsey Davis, revised October 1987. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to the IRAF Apphot Package, Lindsey Davis, revised May 1989. (Download: pdf ps.gz) A Reference Guide to the IRAF/DAOPHOT Package, Lindsey E. Davis, January 1994 (Download: pdf ps.gz)
Spectroscopy
A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, February 1997 (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to Reducing Slit Spectra with IRAF, Phil Massey, Frank Valdes, Jeannette Barnes, April 1992 (Download: pdf ps.gz) A User's Guide to Reducing Echelle Spectra With IRAF, Daryl Willmarth and Jeannette Barnes, May 1994 (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the Multifiber Reduction Task DOFIBERS, Francisco Valdes, July 1995 (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the HYDRA Reduction Task DOHYDRA, Francisco Valdes, July 1995 (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOSLIT, Francisco Valdes, February 1993 (Download: pdf ps.gz) Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOECSLIT, Francisco Valdes, February 1993 (Download: pdf ps.gz) See the online help for onedspec.package and onedspec.specwcs for a discussion of the onedspec package, the spectral image formats, and the dispersion world coordinate systems.
General Image Processing
Rectifying and Registering Images Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells, April 1994 (Download: pdf ps.gz) Cleaning Images of Bad Pixels and Cosmic Rays Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells and David J. Bell, September 1994 (Download: pdf ps.gz)
Formats (Files, Databases, etc.)
APEXTRACT Trace Coefficients, Francisco Valdes, April 1994. FITCOORDS Database, Francisco Valdes, April 2000. IDENTIFY Database, Francisco Valdes, December 1993. Spectral Line Lists, Francisco Valdes, December 1993. Flux Calibration Files, Francisco Valdes, January 2000. TNX World Coordinate System, Francisco Valdes, August 2004.
Programming Guides
A User's Guide to Fortran Programming in IRAF The IMFORT Interface, Doug Tody, September 1986. (Download: pdf ps.gz) Specifying Pixel Directories with IMFORT, Doug Tody, June 1989. (Download: pdf ps.gz) An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF Scripts, revised by Rob Seaman, September 1989. (Download: pdf ps.gz) An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF SPP Programming, Rob Seaman, October 1992. (Download: pdf ps.gz)
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