| Dervish - SDSS Human Interface Visualization Environment |
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Abstract
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an astrophysics experiment to take
20-30 Terabytes of imaging data and spectroscopic data to map one half of
the northern galactic hemisphere. The survey will utilize a dedicated
2.5 meter telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.
SDSS collaborators include the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the
Institute for Advanced Study, The Japan Promotion Group, The Johns Hopkins
University, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, the
University of Chicago, and the University of Washington.
One of the key offline software components of SDSS, is dervish (Survey Human
Interface and Visualization Application). Dervish is a collection of routines
and executables useful in the offline analysis of astrometric data. The
dervish software integrates code developed by the collaboration with other
software products developed from independent institutions. The products that
comprise dervish are:
| dervish |
Astrometric data analysis software. Top-level component.
Origin: Fermilab/SDSS collaboration. |
| sdsstools |
Common utility scripts and tools for SDSS software.
Origin: Fermilab/SDSS collaboration. |
| fsao |
Fermi-modified SAOImage standard display program for greyscale images.
Origin: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. |
| tcl/tk |
Command line interpreter tool (Tcl) and GUI toolkit (tk). Product structure was re-arranged to fit in Fermi product environment.
Origin: John Ousterhout (University of California at Berkeley). |
| tclX |
Extended Tcl. Product structure was re-arranged to fit in Fermi product environment.
Origin: Karl Lehenbauer (NeoSoft) and Mark Diekhans. |
| ftcl/ftk |
Fermi enhancements to ftcl and ftk.
Origin: Fermilab. |
| fpgplot |
Fermi enhancements to pgplot.
Origin: Fermilab. |
| pgplot |
Plotting package for drawing simple scientific
graphs on various graphics display devices. Product structure was re-arranged to fit in Fermi product environment and several routines were added.
Origin: Caltech Astronomy Department.
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| libfits |
FITS I/O routine package. Product structure was re-arranged to fit in Fermi product environment and several routines were added.
Origin: Alan Uomoto (The Johns Hopkins University). |
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