> We don't support IRAF do we?
I would guess we do not reallyhave the expertiseto be a free extension of
the IRAF helpdesk. I for one would have to start from scratch on this
since I have next to no familiarity with IRAF.
More to the point can we not direct him to some equivalent Starlink app?
David
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Starlink development [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Malcolm J. Currie
> > Sent: 29 March 2004 13:14
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Q222: Iraf aperture tracing
> >
> > We're just about to pack the car for NAM. Please can somebody answer
> > this Quick query for me, and cc. correspondence to [log in to unmask]
> > Perhps Martin should just ask the IRAF helpdesk (unless they're not
> > answering).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Malcolm
> >
> >
> > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:13:01 +0100 (BST)
> > From: Martin Cordiner <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Iraf aperture tracing
> >
> > Dear Quick Team,
> >
> > I hope you can advise me on a problem I'm having with the Iraf apall
> > task. I'm extracting VLT UVES echelle spectra, and I'm having great
> > difficulty telling IRAF which direction of the dispersion axis to read
> > out along. My problem is that all my spectra are extracted back to
> > front, and and I want then the correct way round. I know that I can fix
> > this after extraction by doing a imcopy [*,-*] type thing, but surely I
> > can avoid this by telling Iraf which direction of the dispersion to
> > extract along? I tried flipping the input images about the axis
> > perpendicular to the dispersion, but bizarrely the extracted spectra
> > stil came out the same (wrong) way round - I don't understand this at
> > all!. Any assistance in getting Iraf to behave would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Martin Cordiner.
> > University of Nottingham
>
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