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 Spectra"; the "Catalogue of Principal
Galaxies"; the "Hipparcos Input Catalogue"; the "Lick Northern Proper
Motion Program: NPM1"; and the "Coud\'{e} Feed Spectral Library."
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
transmission data, CCD and IR detector characteristics, hydra (WIYN)
information, LaTeX observing form templates, instrument manuals, KPNO
observing and monthly support schedules, 4-m PF platelogs, reference
documents, and sqiid data reduction scripts.
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
areacodes and zipcodes 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 and 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