
The NOAO Mosaic Data Handling System (PDF version)
(PostScript version)
- Tody and Valdes, 1998. This is an revised version of
Valdes and Tody, 1998, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation,
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3355.
The Reduction of CCD Mosaic Data
- Valdes, 2001, in Automated Data Analysis in Astronomy, ed. H. P. Singh
and R. A. Gupta
Postscript, 44 pages, with figures (7Mb)
Guide to the NOAO Mosaic Data Handling Software
- IRAF guide for using the MSCRED package.
Mosaic data structures
- Proposed image data structures for CCD mosaics.
Mosaic reductions
- Proposed NOAO CCD Mosaic data reductions software (1996 design).
Creating a Mosaic World Coordinate System
- Descriptions of astrometric tools and steps for creating a WCS.
TNX World Coordinate System
- Interpreting and evaluating the IRAF TNX world coordinate system
used with NOAO mosaic data.
ZPX World Coordinate System
- Interpreting and evaluating the IRAF ZPX world coordinate system
used with NOAO mosaic data.
TPV World Coordinate System
- Interpreting and evaluating the TPV world coordinate system
used with NOAO DECam data.
Generic Mosaic Data
- Setting up the mosaic data format for an arbitrary mosaic.
NOAO/KPNO CCD Mosaic Project
- Progress, updates, and status reports from the NOAO CCD Mosaic project.
The Mosaic II CCD Imager on the CTIO Blanco 4m
- Specifics on the NOAO mosaic imager at CTIO.
NOAO Deep Wide-Field MOSAIC Reduction Procedures
- Notes for the NDWF project but applicable to all NOAO mosaic users.
IRAF FITS Kernel User's Guide
- Guide to working with FITS files, including MEF, using the IRAF
FITS kernel.
Guide to OBJMASK, RMPUPIL, and RMFRINGE in V2.12
- Guide to using FITS-style masks, OBJMASK, RMPUPIL, and RMFRINGE
in V2.12. Most of these subjects are applicable to non-mosaic data
as well as mosaic data.
Pattern and Transient Removal Algorithms
(PostScript 5Mb)
- Valdes, 2002, "Pattern and Transient Removal Algorithms",
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4847.
ADASS Papers
The Data Handling System for the NOAO Mosaic
- Tody, 1997, ADASS VI, ASP Conf. Series 125, ed. G. Hunt.
IRAF Data Reduction Software for NOAO Mosaic
- Valdes, 1997, ADASS VI, ASP Conf. Series 125, ed. G. Hunt.
Data Format for the NOAO Mosaic
- Valdes, 1997, ADASS VI, ASP Conf. Series 125, ed. G. Hunt.
Message Bus and Distributed Object Technology
- Tody, 1998, ADASS VII, ASP Conf. Series 145, ed. R. Albrect.
The Mosaic Data Capture Agent
- Tody and Valdes, 1998, ADASS VII, ASP Conf. Series 145, ed. R. Albrect.
The IRAF Mosaic Data Reduction Package
- Valdes, 1998, ADASS VII, ASP Conf. Series 145, ed. R. Albrect.
The Astrometric Properties of the NOAO Mosaic Imager
- Davis, 1998, ADASS VII, ASP Conf. Series 145, ed. R. Albrect.
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Last updated: 28Apr1998