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SAOImage DS9 is an application we use for viewing .fits images.

IDL is a programming language we use to analyze our data.

This is our code:
dc.pro
zdist.pro
z12dist.pro
magtest.pro
zveocity.pro

Below are a few useful 'routines' that I have needed:

This will allow you to output your plot to a postscript file:

IDL> entry_device =!d.name
IDL> set_plot, 'PS'
IDL> device, filename='filename.ps'
IDL> plot,x,y [this assumes you've already chosen x and y as variables]
IDL> device, /close_file
IDL> set_plot, entry_device

SExtractor is an application that makes a catalog of objects from a .fits image.