Computing Resources for Astrophysics II: Galaxies

Homework Assignment

Lecture Notes (3/10/09)

IDL Tutorials

• A Brief Overview of IDL
• Tutorials for Astronomy students by Ana Larson (U. Washington)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• IDL for Astronomers by Rob O'Connell (U. Virginia)
  • IDL Tutorial
  • Related Exercises
• Concise Description of IDL Syntax

IDL Documentation

Try the online help first, but these links to alternate formats may be useful:

• Alphabetical List of IDL Routines
• IDL Help

IDL Links

• David Fanning's Tips and Tricks (the program library is also useful)
• ASTRON User's Library
• List of IDL resources from Rob O'Connell
• Annotated IDL links
• Main IDL Page (maybe more corporate than informative)
• IDL help for Matlab users
  • Mathematica, Maple, Matlab, and IDL Translations
  • Syntax and feature comparisons

Getting Help

Mark Fardal Lederle GRT 538

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