The Astronomical Image Processing System provides facilities for calibration, editing, image formation, image enhancement, and analysis of images and other
astronomical data. A major focus is on reduction of data from both single-dish and
aperture synthesis radio telescopes. Although the tools provided in AIPS/AIPS++ are mainly designed for processing data from varieties of radio telescopes, the package is expected to also be useful for processing other types of astronomical data and images. However, the reduction of most data from imaging array detectors is performed using
IRAF instead.
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