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.pro files

advxyz.pro

This procedure converts from (a,d,v) sky coordinates to (x,y,z) pixel coordinates in a data cube.

anneal__define.pro

The anneal class performs simulated annealing to maximize a fitness function.

apcon.pro

This function returns the values of many different constants used in astrophysics.

append.pro

This function appends a second array to a first one.

arr_eq.pro

arrgen.pro

This function is similar to (and an extension of) built-in functions like indgen, findgen, etc.

asinh.pro

This function calculates the inverse hyperbolic sine of one or more numbers.

assert.pro

This procedure is a simple routine to check assumptions during programming.

blackbody.pro

This function calculates the Planck function I_nu or I_lambda.

border_indices.pro

cauchy.pro

This function returns the probability density function of a Cauchy distribution, with median mu and width gamma, evaluated at x.

cnb_covar.pro

This function computes the covariance matrix for a set of multidimensional data.

cnb_imf.pro

This function both evaluates the IMF at given mass, and returns masses drawn at random from the IMF.

cnb_pca.pro

cnb_voigt.pro

curl.pro

densitymap.pro

This procedure creates a smoothed map of the suface density of objects on the sky or in a plane.

detectoutlier.pro

div.pro

ds9reg__define.pro

Defines a simple IDL structure to represent a DS9-style region description.

edf.pro

This procedure calculates the empirical distribution function (edf) of a set of data, evaluated at each input data point.

edf_stats.pro

This function calculates a variety of statistics to characterize the discrepancy between 1D data and a model for the distribution from which the data were drawn.

extast3.pro

This program is a wrapper procedure to the extast routine in the IDL astronomy user's library.

extast3__define.pro

fft_kind.pro

gcrot.pro

This function computes, as a function of galactic coordinates, the angle between a vector pointing towards the galactic north pole and a vector pointing towards the North Celestial Pole.

gmean.pro

hh_decomp.pro

indices.pro

intersect.pro

Intersect returns the intersection of two 1D, interger-valued vectors.

is_integer.pro

isnumeric.pro

This function determines whether a variable corresponds to a numeric data type.

kdist.pro

This function calculates the near and far kinematic distances for a given galactic longitude and radial velocity.

kdisterr.pro

This routine uses kdist.pro to do all of the work

linux2jd.pro

Convert linux time (the number of seconds since UTC Jan 1 1970) to julian date (the number of days since Jan 1 4713 BC).

lognormal_cdf.pro

Evaluate the cumulative distribution function of a lognormal distribution.

looplister__define.pro

The loopLister object class provides a standard way to provide status updates during long looping operations.

map_init.pro

This function creates a blank image and fits header, based on input parameters describing the desired image size and orientation.

mcmc__define.pro

This class defines an interface for running Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations.

mcmc_multi__define.pro

mcmc_multi is a subclass of the mcmc class to create markov chain monte carlo simulations on multiple chains simultaneously.

medabsdev.pro

This function returns a data set's median absolute deviation from the median.

mslife.pro

This function returns the approximate main sequence lifetime as a function of stellar mass.

mwdens.pro

This function returns the number density of stars in the Milky Way, as a function of galactic coordinates.

nanscale.pro

Byte scales numbers so that non-finite values are zero, and finite values map from 1 - 255.

nanswap.pro

This procedure swaps out NANs in an array with another value.

nearestn.pro

nearestN takes takes a list of source locations and, for a list of test positions, returns the index of the n'th nearest source.

nextast.pro

This function returns a structure of astrometry parameters parsed from a FITS header.

nicer.pro

This function estimates the amount of reddening a star is seen through, based on its observed colors.

nicest__define.pro

npc.pro

This function returns the various ASCII non-printing characters.

otree__define.pro

The otree class implements the oct tree data structure, used for calculating the potential energy of a system of point masses.

parabola.pro

This function finds the unique parabola which fits three xy pairs.

pdiv.pro

perimeter.pro

plotvec.pro

This procedure creates plots of vector fields.

postagestamp.pro

This function extracts a subregion from a 2 or 3-dimensional FITS image.

poten.pro

This function calculates the potential energy of a collection of point masses.

poten_slow.pro

This function computes the potential energy of a mass distribution.

poten_tree.pro

pricom__define.pro

pwpl.pro

This function evaluates, or returns samples drawn at random from, a PieceWise Power Law distribution.

range.pro

Returns the range (max - min) of an array

rank.pro

This function computes the rank of each element in a data set.

reshape.pro

shift.pro

Shift the values associated by up to 5 variables

sign.pro

Returns the sign of x

sky2pix.pro

This function translates between 'real' coordinates (eg, ra dec) to pixel coordinates in a fits file.

skymap__define.pro

This class creates a smoothed sky map from an irregularly spaced set of measurements.

skymap_smooth.pro

skymap_smooth_sigclip.pro

This procedure is a wrapper to skymap_smooth, which creates a smoothed map of some function sampled at discrete points on the sky.

smoothmap.pro

This procuedure creates a smoothed map of some quantity sampled, with uncertainty, at irregualr points across the sky.

stack__define.pro

This class provides an array-based implementation of a stack.

stamp.pro

strflat.pro

strtrun.pro

This function removes the last section from a string

sumofsmalls.pro

This function calculates the sum of very small numbers in a way that avoids computer underflow errors.

swap.pro

The procedure swaps two variables

test.pro

time2string.pro

This function converts a time length in seconds to a more readible string version of that number in years, days, minutes, and seconds

tsumcumul.pro

This function uses the trapezoidal rule to perform a running integration of tabulated data.

tvblink.pro

Blink between several images, without having to manually set up the plotting windows.

union.pro

This function returns the union of two vectors.

upperlim.pro

This function computes an upper limit for the strength of a signal embedded in a sequence of noisy measurements.

vector__define.pro

These routines define a vector data type.

verbiage.pro

This procedure proivdes a mechanism to report messages of various priorities within programs.

wmean.pro

Calculates the weighted mean of a set of measurements.

wrap.pro

This function wraps one or more values into the range [0, range).

write_ds9reg.pro

This procedure writes an array of ds9region structures (defined in the Beaumont IDL library) into a region file that ds9 undertands

xyzadv.pro

This procedure is an extenion of (and a wrapper for) the xyad program in the astronomy user's library.

ysotag.pro

This function tags sources with IR excess based on their colors in Spitzer IRAC bands 1-4.