IDL Extended Library: Common Astronomy Library

• ASTRO - Astronomy utility procedures
• ASTROM - Procedures that utilize the astrometry in a FITS header
• DAOPHOT - Procedures that emulate an early version of DAOPHOT PSF-fitting photometry
• DATABASE - IDL database routines as used by the UIT and HRS science teams
• DISK_IO - Procedures to access different disk formats including those used by AIPS, IRAF, and stand-alone DAOPHOT
• FITS - Procedures that access disk FITS files
• FITS_BINTABLE - Procedures to read or write a binary FITS table
• FITS_TABLE - Procedures to read ASCII or binary FITS tables
• IMAGE - Procedures useful for image processing
• JHUAPL - Procedures duplicated from the Johns Hopkins APL IDL Library
• MATH - Procedures for math and statistics (often from "Numerical Recipes")
• MISC - Miscellaneous IDL procedures not directly related to astronomy
• PLOT - Procedures for making or controling plots
• SDAS - Procedures for accessing files created by STSDAS (modified disk FITS)
• SDAS_TABLE - Procedures for accessing tables files created by STSDAS
• STRUCTURE - Procedures for accessing IDL structures
• TAPE_IO - Procedures accessing different tape formats
• TV - Procedures for manipulating the image display