http://www.noao.edu/noao/staff/mighell/ccdcap/

Kenneth John Mighell
Kitt Peak National Observatory
National Optical Astronomy Observatories

This work was supported by a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ),
Order No. S-67046-F, which was awarded by the Long-Term Space Astrophysics (LTSA) program
( NRA 95-OSS-16).

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR CCDCAP V2.1
USING CCDCAP WITHIN IRAF
CURRENT SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR CCDCAP V2.1

Solaris (Sun workstations)

SunOS (Sun workstations)

Linux (IBM PC compatibles)

(1) Create a directory for CCDCAP.  For example:

  mkdir $HOME/ccdcap

(2) Move to that directory.  For example:

  cd $HOME/ccdcap

(3) Start the Netscape WWW browser:

  netscape &

(3.1) Using Netscape, go to the appropriate URL for your operating system:


  
http://www.noao.edu/staff/mighell/ccdcap/2.1/solaris

  
http://www.noao.edu/staff/mighell/ccdcap/2.1/sunos

  
http://www.noao.edu/staff/mighell/ccdcap/2.1/linux


(3.2) Using Netscape, load the following 4 files, one at a time, and
  save them (use the Save As option of the File button) in the CCDCAP 
  directory created above:

  README             <- this file
  ccdcap.e           <- this is the IRAF executable for CCDCAP
  install_ccdcap.csh <- installs CCDCAP on your system
  load_ccdcap.cl     <- loads the CCDCAP task within an IRAF session

(3.3) Leave Netscape.

(4) Be sure that you are in the CCDCAP directory.

(5) Make sure that all 4 files exist in the CCDCAP directory.

(6) Type the following UNIX command while in the CCDCAP directory:

  csh < install_ccdcap.csh

CCDCAP has now been installed on your system. 

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USING CCDCAP WITHIN THE IRAF IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

First, start an IRAF session anywhere on your system:

  cl 

Second, load the CCDCAP task definition:

  cl < HOME$/ccdcap/load_ccdcap.cl

(assuming load_ccdcap.cl and ccdcap.e exist in the directory $HOME/ccdcap).

Third, move to the directory where your .imh and .pix image files exist:

  cd ~/data/

(assuming ~/data/ is where you keep your data files).

Fourth, start CCDCAP by simply typing the following IRAF command:

  ccdcap

Now read the documentation and off you go!

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CURRENT SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS

Due to current IRAF interface limitations, the following restrictions apply:

(1) All data files must be real IRAF images in the .imh & .pix format
                           ----                    ----   ----
    The following IRAF commands created the real .imh and .pix files for 
    each WFPC2 CCD image (group) in the high-gain WFPC2 image file u26m0f02t.c0h
    which is a 300-s exposure with the F555W filter of the old Large Magellanic 
    Cloud globular cluster Hodge 11 [Mighell et al. 1996, AJ, 111, 2314] :

      stsdas
      toolbox
      imgtools
      set imtype = "imh"
      set imdir = "HDR$/" 
      imcalc u26m0f02m.c0h[1] f555we1.imh "im1*14.0"
      imcalc u26m0f02m.c0h[2] f555we2.imh "im1*14.0"
      imcalc u26m0f02m.c0h[3] f555we3.imh "im1*14.0"
      imcalc u26m0f02m.c0h[4] f555we4.imh "im1*14.0"

     --> Low-gain WFPC2 observations would be multiplied by 7.0 instead of 14.0

(2) All .imh and .pix files must exist within the same directory that
        ----     ----                             --------------
    CCDCAP is started from.

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Kenneth Mighell
Associate Scientist  
Kitt Peak National Observatory
National Optical Astronomy Observatories

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