The various FTP archives for the National Optical Astronomy Observatories can be found in the following FTP directories. Please log in as "anonymous" and use your e-mail address as the password. Alternate addresses for the following archives are given in parentheses.
ftp ctios1.ctio.noao.edu (139.229.2.1), cd ctio CTIO archives - Argus and 1.5-m BME information, 4-m PF plate catalog, TEX template for e-mail proposals, filter library, instrument manuals, standard star fluxes.
ftp ftp.sunspot.noao.edu (146.5.2.1), cd pub Directory containing SP software and data products - coronal maps, active region lists, sunspot numbers, SP Workshop paper templates, information on international meetings, SP observing schedules, NSO observing proposal templates, Radiative Inputs of the Sun to the Earth (RISE) Newsletters and SP newsletters (The Sunspotter).
ftp ftp.noao.edu (140.252.1.24), cd to one of the following directories:
aladdin (gemini.tuc.noao.edu) - Information on the Aladdin program which is a collaboration between NOAO and the US Naval Observatory to develop a 1024 x 1024 InSb infrared focal plane at the Santa Barbara Research Center. catalogs - Directory of astronomical catalogues: the Jacoby et al. catalog, "A Library of Stellar Spectr"; the "Catalogue of Principal Galaxies"; the "Hipparcos Input Catalogue"; and the "Lick Northern Proper Motion Program: NPM1." fts (argo.tuc.noao.edu, cd pub/atlas) - Directory containing solar FTS high-resolution spectral atlases. gemini (ftp.gemini.edu, cd pub) - The FTP archives for the Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project. gong (helios.tuc.noao.edu, cd pub/gong) - Directory containing GONG helioseismology software and data products - velocity, modulation and intensity maps, power spectra. iraf (iraf.noao.edu) - IRAF network archive containing the IRAF distributions, documentation, layered software, and other IRAF related files. It is best to login to iraf.noao.edu directly to download large amounts of data, such as an IRAF distribution. kpno (orion.tuc.noao.edu) - KPNO directory containing filter lists and data, detector (ccd and ir) characteristics, hydra information, new LaTeX observing form templates, instrument manuals, KPNO observing and monthly support schedules, 4-m PF platelogs, user questionnaire, reference documents (wavelength idents.), and sqiid scripts for data reduction. kpvt (argo.tuc.noao.edu) - Directory containing various KP VTT solar data products - magnetic field, He I 1083 nm equivalent width, Ca II K-line intensity. noao (gemini.tuc.noao.edu) - NOAO e-mail and phone lists, Royal Greenwich Observatory electronic mail address databases, list of area codes and zip codes for the US, various LaTeX tidbits, report from Gemini WG on the high resolution optical spectrograph, etc. nso (orion.tuc.noao.edu) - Directory containing NSO observing forms. sn1987a - An Optical Spectrophotometric Atlas of Supernova 1987A in the LMC. tex - LaTeX utilities for the AAS/ASP. utils - Various utilities but only contains some PostScript tools at this time. weather (gemini.tuc.noao.edu) - weather satellite pictures. wiyn (orion.tuc.noao.edu) - WIYN directory tree containing information relating to the WIYN telescope including information relating to the NOAO science operations on WIYN.
The following numbers are available for the machines mentioned above:
argo.tuc.noao.edu = 140.252.1.21 ctios1.ctio.noao.edu = 139.229.2.1 ftp.gemini.edu = 140.252.15.71 ftp.noao.edu = 140.252.1.24 ftp.sunspot.noao.edu = 146.5.2.1 gemini.tuc.noao.edu = 140.252.1.11 helios.tuc.noao.edu = 140.252.8.105 iraf.noao.edu = 140.252.1.1 orion.tuc.noao.edu = 140.252.1.22
Questions or problems may be directed to the following: Steve Heathcote (sheathcote@noao.edu) for the CTIO archives, Frank Hill (fhill@noao.edu) for all solar archives, Steve Grandi or Jeannette Barnes (grandi@noao.edu or jbarnes@noao.edu) for all others (and they will direct your questions as needed).
For further information about the NOAO observatories and projects see the World Wide Web URL: http://www.noao.edu/.
Jeannette Barnes