Several exercises and tutorials are available to help the user become more familiar with IRAF.

A set of six exercises have been packaged into a tar file and are available by anonymous FTP. See exer211.readme, exer2103.readme or exer2102.readme in the iraf/misc directory. The exercises cover a variety of basic reduction processes and include an introductory exercise and a taping exercise.

• intro - an introduction to the basics of IRAF
• ccd1 - a look at CCD reductions for direct images
• ccd2 - CCD reductions for spectroscopic data
• phot - an introduction to aperture photometry using APPHOT and the steps for photometric calibration using PHOTCAL
• spec - the extraction and wavelength calibration of slit spectra from 2-d CCD images
• dataio - an exercise in reading and writing tapes

Three tutorials/exercises on IRAF spectroscopy are available via the Web. Select the tutorial from the following list.

• Stellar long slit tutorial
• Echelle tutorial
• Hydra (multifiber) tutorial