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ver 2.15 patch 1Started by:rjvo, 01/26/2011 08:21PM
I have a question to the patch #1. It is
not clear which files to apply. Does the
name ...all... means that all must apply
this patch and then other patches?

I suppose the ...64.gz is a ...tar.gz
file; why there is no standard
extension?

The files ......

1748

By: fitz

01/26/2011 08:21PM

vector graphicsStarted by:myravian, 04/23/2008 10:01PM
Hi,

I'm new to this forum and to IRAF... I
('m trying to) use IRAF to read a
spectrum (from the telescope IUE). So I
downloaded iuetools, stsdas, and tables.
When I use sgraph, it tells me that:
ERROR: Terminal does not support vector
graphics

I trie...

2228

By: myravian

04/23/2008 10:01PM

Various small help fixes for next rel...Started by:Jason Quinn, 10/24/2011 01:55PM
Here are a bunch of small fixes, mostly
dealing with help database issues:

The UTILITIES package has a handful of
issues:

1) "help detab option=source" is
looking for "detab.x" when it should be
"t_detab.x"

2) "help entab option=source" is looking
f...

4628

By: fitz

10/24/2011 01:55PM

variances of images and storing them ...Started by:smp, 03/01/2010 01:18PM
Hi,

[b:fa11229b39]What my script
does?[/b:fa11229b39]
Follwoing procedure script finds std.
deviation of each image.
Then square it to calculate variance of
that image.
Then pass this variance to a text file.
This is done for all the images in the
imag...

1653

By: smp

03/01/2010 01:18PM

Variable star search, methodsStarted by:Fenris, 06/18/2007 04:19PM
I have a set of observations of two
spherical galaxies, from which I wish to
investigate the presence of variable
stars and plot mainly luminosity vs
period for any that I might find. I have
data from six nights of observations,
some of which is mostly ...

2822

By: valdes

06/18/2007 04:19PM

v2.16 background jobsStarted by:duvall, 07/04/2012 03:43AM
I just installed the 64-bit v2.16 system
on one of our linux systems. Much seems
to work fine, but when I try to put a
job in the background (with &), I
get the following message:
BKG ERROR: new CL installed; logout and
try again

I have tried logg...

5431

By: olebole

02/05/2018 09:55AM

v2.15 would not display imagesStarted by:vall, 01/10/2012 08:14AM
Hello,

I have a set of fits images that v2.15
(64bit version on 64bit F16) wouldn't
display. It just returns SEG. FAULT.
This is the header of the images:

[quote:afabd20fe8]
SIMPLE = T / file
does conform to FITS standard
...

5368

By: jraclarke

01/10/2012 08:14AM

V16 "vocl" promptStarted by:massey, 06/10/2012 09:53PM
I just installed the 64-bit version of
V16 on my MacBook Pro. Is there a way
to change the prompt so it says "cl"
again rather than "vocl"? I realize
that this may purely be MY problem, but
I've always viewed the "virtual
observatory" as being primari...

3131

By: massey

06/10/2012 09:53PM

using rd2xy taskStarted by:navarete, 07/20/2010 03:34PM
Hi there!
I'm using the rd2xy task to get the
pixel position of a given RA and Dec in
the image. The aim is to develop shifts
between different images.
The procedure I'm trying to do is:
1 - read a list of files containing
shifted images
2 - get the RA ...

1772

By: fitz

07/20/2010 03:34PM

Using Imstat in scriptStarted by:smp, 04/21/2009 08:19AM
Hi,

If I run the following script, I get the
error message:

[quote:60df9fc34d]ERROR on line 16: FXF:
number is not a decimal
mean ()[/quote:60df9fc34d]

Script is:

[code:1:60df9fc34d]procedure mean
(input)

string input
int max_lines

beg...

4216

By: smp

04/21/2009 08:19AM

using imexam with ra/dec coordsStarted by:jcadien1, 07/21/2015 03:32PM
For a long time I have used imexam in
bash scripts, passing to it coords in
x,y format. I now would like to use
ra/dec instead. I have tried this and I
get garbage output. I have played with
the wcs parameter, as well as the
formats. Nothing works. Whe...

694

By: jcadien1

07/21/2015 03:32PM

using colbiasStarted by:fitz, 11/30/2009 04:05PM
hi,
i'm an IRAF beginner and currently going
through the exercises tutorial. my
problem is : why do we fit a chebyshev
function of order 1in the "colbias"
section? why not a legendre or spline?
is it because we are using an averge?
please help....

1414

By: fitz

11/30/2009 04:05PM

Using ascii data filesStarted by:Astros, 04/16/2009 08:16PM
I have spectral data in ascii files that
I need to input in IRAF so that I can
use splot to determine the area of my
absorption bands.

What do I need to do to get the ascii
files into iraf?

1618

By: fitz

04/16/2009 08:16PM

Upgrade 2.12.2-EXPORT to use ecl.e (b...Started by:antares, 09/24/2011 11:50PM
Hi,
Is there a simple way to use ecl.e
instead of cl.e on a 2.12.2-EXPORT?
O.S. is Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.5.
I know that updating IRAF as whole would
be better and I try to work our admins
towards that, but in the meanwhile, I
would be very glad to u...

1731

By: fitz

09/24/2011 11:50PM

Updating image headerStarted by:rohit, 03/12/2008 08:12PM
I would like to update the image header
and I have 5 things to update. I use the
HEDIT command to do that, but it is
tidious to use the command five times
for each file. Is there a way to update
all of the 5 things using just one
command? That will make...

2089

By: rohit

03/12/2008 08:12PM

uparm questionStarted by:darryl, 06/15/2009 02:57AM
I just installed iRAF on my G4 PPC,
running 10.4.11. Everything seemed to
install properly. I'm trying to change
some of the parameters on apall, by
using epar apall. When I try to save my
inputs, I get the following error
message:

Unable to open pa...

1834

By: darryl

06/15/2009 02:57AM

uparmStarted by:le.davide, 12/05/2009 11:08AM
Hi! Here it is my last problem:
I installed iraf on my new Mac.
When I set geompar parameters I obtain
the following message:
[i:e4a6354fe2]Unable to open parameter
file uparm$isegeompr.par[/i:e4a6354fe2]

I obtain similar messages with
samplepar, elli...

2437

By: fitz

12/05/2009 11:08AM

unpacking complexStarted by:duvall, 02/16/2011 04:50PM
I use a vector subroutine aupxr to
unpack a series of complex numbers into
real and imaginary parts. When the
input number is complex(0.,0.), the
output is 128. for both the real and
imaginary parts. But only iraf v15 sees
this. Iraf v14 (both on lin...

1549

By: fitz

02/16/2011 04:50PM

Unix commands in iraf.Started by:dbrenner, 07/22/2009 04:29PM
I know I can do this
cd "tmp"

but can I do something like this

string dirname

dirname = "tmp"

cd dirname ?

thanks

2696

By: dbrenner

07/22/2009 04:29PM

UNIX commands in IRAFStarted by:jes, 11/14/2006 01:01AM
Has anyone ever come across a situation
where UNIX commands cannot be executed
from within the IRAF shell? For
example, I type "ls" or "cd .." and
nothing happens. If anyone knows how
to remedy this, please advise!

jes

3259

By: fitz

11/14/2006 01:01AM

Unix commandStarted by:Giorgio, 07/10/2014 10:14AM
Why can't I use Unix commands such as
"ls" or "pwd" in my IRAF session? Do I
need any particular packages not
installed?

1802

By: Giorgio

07/10/2014 09:42PM

Units of the physical coordinates in ds9Started by:cosmologist, 01/25/2012 12:51AM
I looked for an answer to this question
but I can't figure it out. I am
wondering what are the units of the
physical coordinated when displaying an
image in ds9. The only thing I found
about this is:

physical
Physical coordinates are pixel
coordina...

2296

By: cosmologist

01/25/2012 12:51AM

Uncertainty ComputationStarted by:astro07, 05/16/2007 07:49AM
I have some data taken last year in
which I combined eight 10 second
exposures by averaging them together.
The problem is, the star I'm looking at
is very faint. When I take the error
generated by IRAF using phot and divide
it by the square root of the...

3625

By: astro07

05/16/2007 07:49AM

Unable to start IRAF with login.clStarted by:wpbowman, 11/15/2015 01:31AM
I am unable to start IRAF with a
login.cl file. I run IRAF 2.16 on Linux
Fedora 19 and it has worked fine for
months. I was working in IRAF yesterday,
shutdown my computer when finished, and
received the following error today when
attempting to start IR...

5303

By: wpbowman

11/17/2015 08:22PM

Unable to run cl scriptsStarted by:nialld, 04/10/2017 04:30PM
Hi, I've hit a bit of a problem with
IRAF scripts. I previously wrote a bunch
of .cl scripts (i.e. lists of IRAF
commands). These used to run by typing

[code]cl < test.cl[/code]

However now cl will start, list the
basic packages and then just hang...

1343

By: nialld

04/13/2017 01:37PM

Unable to open SDSS DR8 spectra in iraf Started by:SMBehH, 07/25/2018 03:05PM
I have been unable to open SDSS DR8
spectra in iraf. The tutorial given on
the SDSS website
http://iraf.noao.edu/ADASS/adass_proc/adass_95/hodgep/hodgep.html
is too difficult for me to follow. Can
anyone clarify this for me? Thank you so
much, I am a be...

1296

By: fitz

08/01/2018 06:48PM

Unable to open Parameter FilesStarted by:BuffCyclist, 05/24/2010 03:26PM
Hey everyone,

I finally decided that I wanted to setup
iraf on my home desktop. I'm running
Ubuntu 10.04 and have iraf installed,
however when I go to do a simple
command, I get the following error:
[quote:4507d674be]
cl> imstat MASTER_FINAL_IMAGE.f...

3260

By: fitz

05/24/2010 03:26PM

Unable to open parameter fileStarted by:mattia, 02/10/2009 07:29PM
Hi all, I'm an IRAF newbie.

With every task I try to launch
modifying parameters with epar, i got
the error
Unable to open parameter file
`uparm$***.par'
where *** is the chosen task

For instance

[code:1:73f28a81fe]ecl> display
filename.fits 1[/co...

14658

By: vmpas

02/10/2009 07:29PM

typo in imcombine.hlpStarted by:zarate, 11/28/2006 10:23PM
Hi Phil;

Thanks for reporting this. I have
forwarded to
iraf@noao.edu and someone would take
action.

Cheers
Nelson

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:15:21 -0500
Phil Hodge <hodge@stsci.edu>
wrote:
> Nelson,
>
> I don't know who fixes typos...

3501

By: zarate

11/28/2006 10:23PM

typo in extpkg.cl with v2.15 ?Started by:sontag, 01/14/2011 05:14PM
Hi IRAF folks,

Thanks for keeping this helpful forum up
and running.

There seems to be a typo in the 2.15
setup script 'extpkg.cl'. It looks like
the variable named 'dp' on line 23
should be named 'dpkg'.

While this still looks like legal
syntax, it...

1883

By: fitz

01/14/2011 05:14PM

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