This directory contains a selection of the available IRAF manuals, User's Guides, technical documents, old iraf newsletters, revisions summaries, and so on, provided either as simple printable ascii text (".txt" files), as Postscript format (in the 'ps' subdirectory) or PDF (in the 'pdf' subdirectory).
The typeset documents are provided in Postscript and PDF format to avoid the many problems involved in trying to generate complex documents from the document sources, which might be anything, e.g., Troff, TeX, Latex, encapsulated postscript, Frame, MacWrite, etc.
The following documents are currently provided (substitute 'pdf' for 'ps' where appropriate):
README This file. This serves as a condensed bibliography of the contents of the documentation archive.
TOC_news.txt Table of Contents for IRAF Newsletters.
TOC210_vol1a.txt Table of Contents for IRAF User Handbook Volume 1A, IRAF Version 2.10, 1 page.
TOC210_vol2b.txt Table of Contents for IRAF User Handbook Volume 2B, IRAF Version 2.10, 2 pages.
TOC_vol1a.txt Table of Contents for IRAF User Handbook Volume 1A, 1 page.
TOC_vol2b.txt Table of Contents for IRAF User Handbook Volume 2B, 1 page.
TOC_vol3a.txt Table of Contents for IRAF System Handbook Volume 3A, 1 page.
TOC_vol3b.txt Table of Contents for IRAF System Handbook Volume 3B, 1 page.
aixiraf.ps IBM AIX/IRAF Installation Guide, Doug Tody, revised November 1992, 12 pages.
apex.ps The IRAF APEXTRACT Package, Francisco Valdes, 12 pages.
apexv3.ps APEXTRACT Package Revisions Summary: IRAF Version 2.10, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 7 pages.
apexv210.ps APEXTRACT Package Revisions Summary: IRAF Version 2.10, Francisco Valdes, May 1992, 6 pages.
apspec.ps Specifications for the Aperture Photometry Package, Lindsey Davis, revised October 1987, 20 pages.
apuser.ps A User's Guide to the IRAF Apphot Package, Lindsey Davis, revised May 1989, 27 pages.
auxiraf.ps Macintosh A/UX-IRAF Installation Guide, Doug Tody, April 1993, 12 pages.
bench.ps A Set of Benchmarks for Measuring IRAF System Performance, Doug Tody, revised July 1987, 13 pages.
bench_tab.ps IRAF V2.5 Table of Selected Benchmark Results May 1987, 1 page.
bsdiraf.ps BSD-UNIX/IRAF Installation Guide, Doug Tody, July 1989, 10 pages.
ccdguide.ps User's Guide to the CCDRED Package, Francisco Valdes, revised February 1988, 12 pages.
ccdred.ps The IRAF CCD Reduction Package -- CCDRED, Francisco Valdes, September 1987, 12 pages.
ccduser.ps A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, February 1989, 24 pages. [Figures not included.]
ccduser2.ps A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, June 1992, 55 pages.
ccduser3.ps A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, Philip Massey, February 1997, 53 pages.
cdlref.ps A Reference Guide for the IRAF Client Display Library (CDL), Mike Fitzpatrick, February 1997, 34 pages.
clean.ps Cleaning Images of Bad Pixels and Cosmic Rays Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells and David J. Bell, September 1994, 30 pages.
clman.ps CL Programmer's Manual, Elwood Downey, Doug Tody, and George Jacoby, revised September 1983, 22 pages. [NOTE: Somewhat out of date, but still useful.]
cluser.ps A User's Introduction to the IRAF Command Language Version 2.3, Peter MB Shames and Doug Tody, August 1986, 97 pages.
coudman.ps IRAF Reduction of Coude CCD Data, edited by Daryl coudfig.ps Willmarth, February 1990, 20 pages (coudman) and 17 pages (coudfig).
d210sun.ps Sun/IRAF directory structure - Version 2.10, May 1992, 2 pages.
d28sun.ps Sun/IRAF directory structure - Version 2.8, June 1989, 2 pages.
d28vms.ps VMS/IRAF directory structure - Version 2.8, June 1989, 2 pages.
d29sun.ps Sun/IRAF directory structure - Version 2.9, June 1990, 2 pages.
d29vms.ps VMS/IRAF directory structure - Version 2.9, June 1990, 2 pages.
daodev.ps Future Development of the DAOPHOT Crowded-Field Photometry Package, Peter Stetson, Lindsey Davis, and Dennis Crabtree, in CCD's In Astronomy, ed. G. H. Jacoby, A.S.P. Conference Series No. 8 (San Francisco: A.S.P.), p. 289, 16 pages.
daophot1.ps A User's Guide to Stellar CCD Photometry with IRAF, Philip Massey and Lindsey Davis, March 1990, 59 pages. [A user's guide for DAOPHOT/IRAF, in particular.]
daophot2.ps A User's Guide to Stellar CCD Photometry with IRAF, Philip Massey and Lindsey Davis, April 1992, 71 pages, V2.10. [A user's guide for DAOPHOT/IRAF, in particular.]
daorefman.ps A Reference Guide to the IRAF/DAOPHOT Package, Lindsey E. Davis, January 1994, 85 pages.
dbio.txt Design of the IRAF Database Subsystem, Doug Tody, October 1985 (draft), 64 pages. [NOTE: use only to help understand the conceptual development of the iraf database design]
dfio.txt Datafile I/O Design (preliminary DRAFT), Doug Tody, February 1988, 31 pages.
do3fiber.ps Guide to the Coude Three Fiber Reduction Task DO3FIBER, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 14 pages, V2.10.
doargus.ps Guide to the ARGUS Reduction Task DOARGUS, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 16 pages.
doargus2.ps Guide to the ARGUS Reduction Task DOARGUS, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 17 pages, V2.10.
doecslit.ps Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOECSLIT, Francisco Valdes, February 1993, 17 pages.
doecslit_92.ps Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOECSLIT, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 17 pages, V2.10.
dofibers.ps Guide to the Kitt Peak Coude Fiber Reduction Task DOFIBERS, Francisco Valdes, July 1995, 21 pages.
dofibers_92.ps Guide to the Multifiber Reduction Task DOFIBERS, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 18 pages, V2.10.
dofibers_90.ps Guide to the Kitt Peak Coude Fiber Reduction Task DOFIBERS, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 13 pages.
dofoe.ps Guide to the Fiber Optic Echelle Reduction Task DOFOE, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 15 pages, V2.10.
dogoldcam.ps Guide to the IRAF GOLDCAM Reduction Task DOGOLDCAM, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 15 pages.
dohydra.ps Guide to the HYDRA Reduction Task DOHYDRA, Francisco Valdes, July 1995, 21 pages.
dohydra_92.ps Guide to the HYDRA Reduction Task DOHYDRA, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 18 pages, V2.10.
donessie.ps Guide to the NESSIE Reduction Task DONESSIE, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 17 pages.
doslit.ps Guide to the Kitt Peak Coude Slit Reduction Task DOSLIT, Francisco Valdes, February 1993, 16 pages.
doslit_92.ps Guide to the Slit Spectra Reduction Task DOSLIT, Francisco Valdes, April 1992, 16 pages, V2.10.
doslit_90.ps Guide to the Kitt Peak Coude Slit Reduction Task DOSLIT, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 14 pages.
dsuxiraf.ps Decstation Ultrix/IRAF Installation Guide, Doug Tody, revised September 1992, 12 pages.
dtoi.ps An Overview of the IRAF DTOI Package, Suzanne Hammond Jacoby, revised July 1988, 10 pages.
ech.ps A User's Guide to Reducing Echelle Spectra With IRAF, Daryl Willmarth and Jeannette Barnes, May 1994, 24 pages.
fits_userguide.ps FITS Kernel User's Guide. Nelson Zarate, August 1997 fits_userguide.txt
focas/ focas.faq Frequently asked questions about FOCAS.
focas.ps Faint Object Classification and Analysis System FOCAS,
Francisco Valdes, October 1982, 23 pages. Original
general description of FOCAS. Slightly out-of-date.
See sky.ps for an important processing revision.
focasguide.ps FOCAS User's Guide, Francisco Valdes, September 1993,
11 pages.
focasmatch.ps FOCAS Automatic Catalog Matching Algorithms,
Valdes, Campusano, Velasquez, and Stetson, May 1995.
Preprint of PASP submission. 34 pages.
sky.ps Memorandum concerning changes in the way local sky
evaluation is done. 3 pages. Francisco Valdes
standards.ps Faint Object Classification and Analysis System:
Standard Test Images Results, Francisco Valdes,
April 1989, 19 pages (no images). Published in
Proceedings of the 1st ESO/ST-ECF Data Analysis
Workshop 1989. Most recent review of FOCAS system
with orientation to results of standard test image
analysis.
gio.txt Graphics I/O Design, Doug Tody, revised April 1987, 60 pages.
glos210a.ps The IRAF Packages, IRAF Version 2.10, 6 pages.
glos210b.ps The NOAO Packages, IRAF Version 2.10, 13 pages.
glos28a.txt The IRAF System Packages, IRAF Version 2.8, 4 pages.
glos28b.txt The NOAO Packages, IRAF Version 2.8, 7 pages.
glos28c.ps Glossary of the Tasks in the IRAF System Packages, IRAF Version 2.8, 5 pages.
glos28d.ps Glossary of the Tasks in the NOAO Packages, IRAF Version 2.8, 5 pages.
hpuxiraf.ps HPUX/IRAF Installation Guide, Steve Rooke, Doug Tody, Mike Fitzpatrick, revised June 1993, 12 pages.
identify.ps Radial Velocity Measurements with IDENTIFY, Francisco Valdes, revised August 1990, 5 pages.
imfort.ps A User's Guide to Fortran Programming in IRAF The IMFORT Interface, Doug Tody, September 1986, 29 pages. [Manual pages not included.]
imfortmem.ps Specifying Pixel Directories with IMFORT, Doug Tody, June 1989, 1 page. [Short memo describing a modification to IMFORT.]
imio_1.txt IRAF IMIO Overview, Doug Tody, May 1986, 4 pages. [NOTE: Good overview paper.]
imio_2.ps New Release of image i/o, etc., Doug Tody, May 1985, 5 pages. [NOTE: Good overview paper.]
imio_3.ps The IRAF Image I/O Interface, Design Strategies, Status and Plans, Doug Tody, November 1983, 5 pages. [NOTE: Outdated, information only.]
imio_4.txt The Image Header, Doug Tody, May 1983, 24 pages. [NOTE: Outdated, information only.]
imred.ps The IRAF Spectroscopy Reduction Packages and Tasks F. Valdes, December 1991, 10 pages [Preprint of papers for 1991 ADASS Proceedings]
imredv2.ps IMRED Package Revisions Summary: IRAF Version 2.10, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 2 pages.
iraf.ps The IRAF Data Reduction and Analysis System, Doug Tody, in "Instrumentation in Astronomy VI", David L. Crawford, Editor, Proc. SPIE 627, 733 (1986), 20 pages.
iraf92.ps IRAF in the Nineties, Doug Tody, in "Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems II", A.S.P. Conference Ser., Vol 52, eds. R.J. Hanisch, R.J.V. Brissenden, & J. Barnes, 173, (1993). 11 pages.
irixiraf.ps IRIX/IRAF Installation Guide, Steve Rooke, Mike Fitzpatrick, Doug Tody, revised July 1992, 12 pages.
lang28.ps On-line help pages for "language" package, IRAF Version 2.8, 74 pages.
lang28.txt On-line help pages for "language" package, IRAF Version 2.8, 148 pages.
lslit.ps Reduction of long slit spectra with IRAF, Francisco Valdes, in "Instrumentation in Astronomy VI", David L. Crawford, Editor, Proc. SPIE 627, 749 (1986), March 1986, 7 pages. [Note: figures not included.]
mem0b.ps Technical Report No. 2: MEM Package for Image Restoration in IRAF, Nailong Wu, October 1992, 14 pages.
mwcs.txt Mini-WCS (World Coordinate System) Interface, Doug Tody, October 1989, 20 pages.
newslet_1.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 1, June 1986, 19 pages.
newslet_2.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 2, September 1987, 22 pages.
newslet_3.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 3, February 1988, 11 pages.
newslet_4.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 4, June 1988, 13 pages.
newslet_5.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 5, October 1988, 20 pages.
newslet_6.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 6, February 1989, 15 pages.
newslet_7.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 7, June 1989, 40 pages.
newslet_8.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 8, October 1989, 12 pages.
newslet_9.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 9, February/June 1990, 29 pages.
newslet_10.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 10, October 1990, 21 pages.
newslet_11.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 11, April 1991, 10 pages.
newslet_12.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 12, July 1992, 30 pages.
newslet_13.ps IRAF Newsletter Number 13, December 1994, 43 pages.
newslet_14.ps.gz IRAF Newsletter Number 14, April 1998, 42 pages. newslet_14.pdf
oned.ps Some Notes on the ONEDSPEC Package, G.Jacoby, June 1985, 24 pages. [This document has not tracked the recent changes to the package but it is still informative.]
onedv210.ps ONEDSPEC/IMRED Package Revisions Summary: IRAF Version 2.10, Francisco Valdes, May 1992, 9 pages.
onedv3.ps ONEDSPEC Package Revisions Summary: IRAF Version 2.10, Francisco Valdes, July 1990, 5 pages.
opex.ps A Quantitative Study of Optimal Extraction F. Valdes, December 1991, 5 pages [Preprint of papers for 1991 ADASS Proceedings]
os.ps A Reference Manual for the IRAF System Interface, Doug Tody, May 1984, 62 pages. [Notes: may be slightly out of date; manual pages not included.]
packages.txt IRAF Applications Packages, Package Structure and Requirements, IRAF Group and CSAC, September 1983 (draft), 35 pages. [NOTE: Somewhat out of date, but still representative of the overall package structure and design.]
photom.ps Photometry Using IRAF, Lisa A. Wells, February 1994, 12 pages.
plio.txt The IRAF Pixel List Package and IMIO Extensions to Support Image Masks, Doug Tody, revised June 1988, 25 pages.
prog_crib.txt Programmer's Crib Sheet for the IRAF Program Interface, Doug Tody, September 1983, 21 pages. [Note: Somewhat out of date, but still useful.]
pset.ps Named External Parameter Sets in the CL and related revisions, Doug Tody, October 1986, 6 pages.
psfmeasure.ps Psfmeasure/Starfocus: IRAF PSF Measuring Tasks Psfmeasure/Starfocus: PSF Measuring Algorithms F. Valdes, October 1993, 8 pages [Preprint of papers for 1993 ADASS Proceedings]
qpoe.txt Quick-POE (Position Ordered Event File) Interface Design, Doug Tody, July 1988, 24 pages. Data format for event counting detectors, e.g., X-Ray imagers.
quickref.ps An SPP/VOS Quick Reference Card, Rob Seaman, October 1992, 2 pages.
reg.ps Rectifying and Registering Images Using IRAF, Lisa Wells, April 1994, 31 pages.
script.ps An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF Scripts, Ed Anderson, revised by Rob Seaman, September 1989, 49 pages.
sgi.ps The IRAF Simple Graphics Interface (SGI), Doug Tody, August 1986, 9 pages.
slits.ps A User's Guide to Multislit Spectroscopic Reductions with IRAF, E. Ellingson, November 1989, 35 pages. [Figures not included.]
specfocus.ps SPECFOCUS: An IRAF Task for Focusing Spectrographs, F. Valdes, November 1993, 5 pages [Preprint of papers for 1992 ADASS Proceedings]
specproc.ps Guide to the CTIO Slit Spectra Reduction Task SPECPROC, Francisco Valdes, September 1990, 15 pages.
spect.ps A User's Guide to Reducing Slit Spectra with IRAF, Phil Massey, Frank Valdes, Jeannette Barnes, April 1992, 59 pages, V2.10.
specwcs.ps The IRAF/NOAO Spectral World Coordinate Systems, Frank Valdes, December 1992, 12 pages.
spp.txt A Reference Manual for the IRAF Subset Preprocessor Language, Doug Tody, revised September 1983, 34 pages.
sppguide.ps An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF SPP Programming, Rob Seaman, October 1992, 76 pages.
std.ps IRAF Standards and Conventions, Downey et al., August 1983, 42 pages.
suniraf.ps Sun/IRAF Installation Guide, Doug Tody, Revised July 1992, 10 pages.
sunkeys.ps Templates for Sun keyboard overlays for use with IMTOOL and GTERM, Mark Stevens, 2 pages.
sunsmg.ps Sun/IRAF Site Manager's Guide, Doug Tody, July 1992, 21 pages.
testproc.ps Preliminary Test Procedure for IRAF, IRAF Version 2.11, Jeannette Barnes, revised September 1997, 14 pages.
testproc_v210.ps Preliminary Test Procedure for IRAF, IRAF Version 2.10, Jeannette Barnes, revised May 1992, 14 pages.
testproc_orig.ps Preliminary Test Procedure for IRAF, Part 1. Image and dataio tests, Jeannette Barnes, revised May 1989, 10 pages.
ultrixiraf.ps VAX/Ultrix Installation Guide, Steve Rooke and Doug Tody, December 1989, 10 pages.
unixsmg.ps UNIX/IRAF Site Manager's Guide, Doug Tody, revised September 1992, 22 pages.
v210revs.ps IRAF Version 2.10 Revisions Summary, July 1992, 52 pages.
v29revs.ps IRAF Version 2.9 Revisions Summary, April 1990, 9 pages.
vmsiraf.ps VMS/IRAF Installation and Maintenance Guide, June 1993 (for V2.10), 31 pages.
vxuxiraf.ps VAX Ultrix/IRAF Installation Guide, Mike Fitzpatrick, Doug Tody, revised September 1992, 12 pages.