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The IDL Astronomy User's Library

The IDL Astronomy Users Library is a central repository for low-level astronomy software written in the commercial language IDL. The Library is not meant to be an integrated package, but rather is a collection of procedures from which users can pick and choose (and possibly modify) for their own use. Submitted procedures are given a cursory testing, but are basically stored in the Library as submitted. Instrument-specific software is generally not included in the IDL Astronomy Library, but can be found at the Links to Other Astronomy and IDL related sites.

The entire contents of the Library can be downloaded in a tar file or in a .zip file from the the FTP site . Additional software, not included in the tar files, is available in a contrib directory. Individual procedures can be copied by browsing through a list of one-line descriptions. Changes to the contents of the Library are recorded in a news file.

Documentation is available describing the various options for working with FITS data in IDL.

The IDL Astronomy Library requires at least IDL V5.3. However, separate (frozen) versions of the Library that work with earlier versions of IDL are available at the V4.0 , V5.1 and V5.2 FTP sites.

The success of the IDL Astronomy User's Library depends on the willingness of users to give as well as take. Please inform Wayne Landsman of any possible contributions to the Library, programming bugs or documentation errors, or of relevant web sites.

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Author: Wayne Landsman, Science Systems and Applications (SSAI), landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov
Responsible Official: Theodore Gull, Code 681, gull@sea.gsfc.nasa.gov
Last revised: 24-Feb-2004

Please direct comments and questions to W. Landsman