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NOAO FTP Archives (1Sep94)
(from CCS, NOAO Newsletter No. 39, 1 September 1994)

The various FTP archives for the NOAO can be found in the following FTP
directories. All archives are provided on Sun or DECstation servers, so
please log in as anonymous and use your e-mail address as the password.
Alternate addresses 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,
     and standard star fluxes.

ftp ftp.sunspot.noao.edu (146.5.2.1), cd pub
     Directory contains 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. At this time only the
     Jacoby et al. catalog, "A Library of Stellar Spectra," and the
     "Catalogue of Principal Galaxies" are here.

fts (argo.tuc.noao.edu, cd pub/atlas) - Directory contains solar FTS
     high-resolution spectral atlases.

gemini (gemini.tuc.noao.edu) - Information from the Gemini Project.

gong (helios.tuc.noao.edu, cd pub/gong) - Directory contains 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 contains filter information,
     hydra information, new LaTeX observing form templates, instrument
     manuals, KPNO observing schedules, platelogs for 4-m PF, user
     questionnaire, reference documents (wavelength atlases), and sqiid
     scripts for data reduction. See the article in the KPNO section for
     additional information.

kpvt (argo.tuc.noao.edu) - Directory contains various KP VTT solar data
     products - magnetic field, He I 1083 nm equivalent width, Ca II K-line
     intensity.

noao (gemini.tuc.noao.edu) - Miscellaneous databases, report from Gemini
     WG on the high resolution optical spectrograph.

nso (orion.tuc.noao.edu) - Directory contains NSO observing forms.

preprints - NOAO preprints that are available electronically.

sn1987a - An Optical Spectrophotometric Atlas of Supernova 1987A in the LMC.

starform_project (mira.tuc.noao.edu, cd pub/sfproject) -
     Directory contains progress reports and information on when/where to
     obtain SQIID star formation project data.

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.noao.edu             = 140.252.1.24
gemini.tuc.noao.edu      = 140.252.1.11
helios.tuc.noao.edu      = 140.252.8.105
iraf.noao.edu            = 140.252.1.1
mira.tuc.noao.edu        = 140.252.3.85
orion.tuc.noao.edu       = 140.252.1.22
ftp.sunspot.noao.edu     = 146.5.2.1

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 (grandi@noao.edu) or Jeannette Barnes (jbarnes@noao.edu) for all
others (and they will direct your questions as needed).

Jeannette Barnes

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