Getting Started


Logistics
Computer Commands
Telescope Operation
Data Logs
FCRAO/CLASS Package
Observatory

CLASS is the software package we use to reduce the survey data. We use the FCRAO language within CLASS. To start it, simply type fcrao. The help is surprisingly nice in CLASS. You should use it.

Macros
A macro is an outside program run by CLASS. You would type:

Where "@" means run a macro, "m:" is the path or directory where the macro is, and macro is the name of the file, typically macro.fcrao. I have written a few useful macros for this project. They are described on the data reduction page:

defLoad CLASS defaults
concatnewMake a new file putting together two datasets
concatConcatenate a new dataset with an existing concatenated dataset
umigsCoadd the data
pixset the pixel to find

Other random useful commands:


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