Russ Laher's WIRE Webpage

• AAS/AIAA Report on WIRE ACS and Star-Tracker Performance   ...   Cover Page
• WIRE Web Server
• Results of WIRE ACS Real-Data Analysis
• WIRE Project Documentation
  • Science Operations:
    • PLANSKY: A WIRE Mission Planning Tool
    • Automatic Tile-File Generation
    • Automatic Filler-Catcher Tile-File Generatation
    • Tool for Manipulating Tile Files
    • Guide-Star Checker
    • Tool for Checking and Summarizing Area-Definition Files
    • PLOTFIELDS: A Timeline-Checking Tool
    • MOONCHECK: A Moon-Violation-Checking Tool
  • Data Analysis:
    • Image Co-Addition Software
    • Image Registration Software
      • Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting For 3 Parameters
      • Iteratated Linear Least-Squares Fitting For 5 Parameters
    • Position Reconstruction Software
      • Boresight Calibration
      • Focal-Plane-Array Alignment
      • ACS Data Processor
      • Position Refinement Using Star Catalog
      • Star-Catalog Searcher
      • Source-List Updater
      • Useful Programs and Subroutines
    • DA Tools
      • Superimposing source-list positions on WIRE FITS images
      • Correcting WIRE FITS images for star-tracker/telescope boresight differences, plate scale changes, and/or image coordinate-system changes
      • Scoring rad-hit rejection implementation in WIRE second-pass coadder
• The Official Wide-Field Infrared Explorer Website
• January 1998 AAS Meeting Photos
• Publications
• Personal Web Page

Last revised: January 28, 2004