IUE Project Electronic Newsletter
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Vol. 5, No. 2 - February 1997
IUEDAC Software Changes
- 17-Jan
- The
stsflag.txt file in the [.manuals]
subdirectory which contains the NEWSIPS Status Flag definitions has been
updated.
- 23-Jan
- A new version of
coadd was added to the experimental
library which allows the coadding of FITS files generated by the
gex and boxcar routines.
- 27-Jan
- A new version of
readmx was added to the experimental
library which allows the option of preserving uncalibrated data points in
the output vectors.
- 27-Jan
- New versions of
uixplat and platform were
added to the experimental library which allow the IUEDAC software to run
on DEC Unix systems.
- 03-Feb
- New versions of
ifitsrd and iue3drow were
added to the experimental library to allow fields from a FITS binary table
extension to be stored as a single IDL structure or, when multiple rows
are read, as an array of structures. (The previous version could only
store binary table fields as separate parameters.)
- Randy Thompson
IUE Image Processing News
NEWSIPS High Dispersion Processing Status
We have now processed 92% of the NASA SWP high-dispersion images through
the NEWSIPS system. The remaining images include about 3% with incomplete
database information while the rest are calibration and engineering
images.
The capability to process LWP and LWR high dispersion images will be
coming on line over the next few months. Stay tuned for further
developments!
NEWSIPS Status For Low Dispersion Images
We expect to start processing LWR low dispersion images within the next
couple of weeks.
You are welcome to send us a list of your favorite images to priority
process. There is a NEWSIPS user request Web page at http://hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov/IUE/search/IUE_usrreq.html.
Your request goes into a semi-automated system, which will send you email
reports on the status of the processing. The data may be retrieved from
the NDADS system once it has been archived, usually just a few days after
it has been processed.
Publications
We have copies of the NEWSIPS Processing Information Manual
available (describing SWP and LWP low dispersion). We also have copies of
the IUE Spectral Atlas, published as NASA IUE
Newsletter No. 43, and some back issues of additional newsletters.
Please contact Cathy Imhoff (imhoff@iuegtc.gsfc.nasa.gov)
if you would like a copy.
- Cathy Imhoff
Information Requested
The IUE project is very grateful to the many people involved with NEWSIPS.
NEWSIPS has had many new algorithms developed and has undergone extensive
testing. However, we are not perfect. Therefore, we would appreciate
knowing about any suspected discrepancies, errors, data retrieval
problems, or other anomalies with NEWSIPS while we still have an
opportunity to investigate, resolve, and document problems. Please send
the information to Cathy Imhoff (imhoff@iuegtc.gsfc.nasa.gov)
or Ron Oliversen (oliversen@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov).
- Ron Oliversen
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