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System News and Information

• Astrophysics account creation
• Backups: what is and isn't backed up
• Bibtex: An example document using bibtex for references.
• BluePebble cluster
• CD writing.
• Developer Toolset - more modern compilers.
• DVD burning
• Emailing the group
• Fortran and C compilers
• Ftp: anonymous ftp service.
• HTML3.2 - Notes and definitions for writing web pages in HTML3.2 format
• PDF Creation and Reading
• Password Protected Web Pages
• Printing and printers
• The Red Hat Developer Toolset - more modern compilers.
• Remote access
• Remote desktopping
• Servers
• Ssh tunneling .
• Rsync: Synchronising files
• Tcsh - T-Shell notes
• USB devices
• VNC - viewing your desktop on a remote machine
• x2go - viewing your desktop on a remote machine

Project students

• Project student guide (PDF).
• List of M.Sci and B.Sc students

Local Documentation

• Group safety
• The local beginners' guide in HTML, PostScript or PDF formats.
• Project student guide PDF.
• Local computing guidelines in HTML format.

Printing a Large Format Poster

Please see the departmental poster printing page.

Mac Astrophysics Software

Linux Astrophysics Software

• AIPS
• alfa: automated line fitting algorithm
• Anaconda Python
• Astro-ph highlighter
• Astrometry.net
• Astronomers Proposal Tool (APT) for HST.
• BoA BOlometer Array Analysis Software
• Bruzual and Charlot stellar synthesis models
• Reading word documents with catdoc.
• CAMB - Code for Anisotropies in the Microwave Background by Antony Lewis and Anthony Challinor
• CASA - Common Astronomy Software Applications from NRAO
• cdsclient
• cfitsio
• CHANDRA ciao software
• Cloudy Ionisation modelling Software
• HT Condor job submission to dice cluster
• CRUSH bolometer data reduction.
• Cuda GPU programming language
• difmap radio astronomy software.
• Duchamp radio astronomy software.
• Emacs editor cheat sheet
• Emacs FAQ.
• Fermi Science Tools
• Fortran NAG library Mark20.
• Funtools 1.0.0 Software
• Galfit
• Gemini Observation Tool (OT)
• Gemini Phase I Proposal Tool
• GILDAS is collection of state-of-the-art softwares for (sub-)millimeter radioastronomical applications (either single-dish or interferometer). It is daily used to reduce all data acquired with the IRAM 30M telescope and Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PDBI).
• gim2d is a package to do bulge/disk decompositions of low signal-to-noise images of distant galaxies.
• Grid Storage Resource Broker (SRB)
• HEASOFT which includes Ftools, xanadu and Xspec X-ray software
• IDL
• Intel FORTRAN compiler
• Intel Python Distribution
• IRAF
• ISIS
• Julia
• Latex
• KARMA - User documentation for the KARMA package from ATNF
• Magphys - Multi-wavelength Analysis of Galaxy Physical Properties
• mailgrep
• MARX X-ray simulation software
• Maple
• Mathematica
• Matlab
• Miriad
• Mendeley reference manager.
• Mopex
• NEAT - Nebular empirical analysis tool
• Nemo N-body simulation.
• NuSTAR calibration database.
• P2PP ESO Phase 2 Preparation Tool
• Perl programming language
• perldl - Perl Data Language
• Pine: Fancy printing
• Pine: spellchecker
• Protool (EU Proposal Submission Software)
• Pyraf
• Python
• R language
• Revolution R (aka Revo R)
• Rsync: Synchronising files
• scamp astrometry software.
• sextractor
• sshuttle - VPN substitute
• Starlink software
• SuperMongo (SM) 2.4.27 Manual
• Suzaku calibration database
• Swarp image resampler/co-adder
• Tex to HTML (TTH) manual.
• Texlive
• THELI Optical/IR data reduction.
• tpoint telescope pointing.
• Veusz - GUI scientific plotting and graphing package
• VISIT - interactive parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for viewing scientific data
• VIMOS Mask Preparation Software (VMMPS)
• VNC - viewing your desktop on a remote machine
• Visual Studio Code editor
• WCStools
• x2go - viewing your desktop on a remote machine
• xephem
• XMM SAS Software
• xv manual
• zhtools

Miscellaneous

• Presentations from group visitors
• Books Owned by the Group.
• The Jargon file
• Linux software audit
• StarNews - UK Astronomy News

Rules

• The University finance regulations (May 2006)
• Computing Service Regulations
• Guidelines for use of e-mail
• Export controls, advice from Universities UK
• Export controls, annex~1

PATT linked grant

• Text of 2012 grant application
• Notes on the use of the linked grant

STFC student observing runs

• Guidelines for student observing trips

IDL licenses held in group

• A table of licenses can be found by following the link.

IRAF Documentation

• A Description of the HSTIO Interface to the STIS and NICMOS Pipelines
• A C Interface to IRAF's VOS Library

Web server logs

• Logs

Mark Birkinshaw