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Welcome to THELI's documentation!
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Publicly Available Data Processing Software
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   :maxdepth: 1

   THELI -- command line script-based pipeline version <THELI.rst>   
   CFHT_dataquery -- data query and interactive data retrieval from the CFHT archive<CFHT_dataquery.rst> 
   AUTOMASK -- automatic masking of 'defects' in optical CCD data <automask.rst>

THELI Documentation and Tutorials **!!(UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION)!!**
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The following sections describe the usage of THELI with the processing
of data from the `WFI\@ESO/MPG2.2m
<http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/lasilla/instruments/wfi/>`_
telescope at La Silla.

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   :maxdepth: 1
 
   THELI -- General Concepts <THELI_tut/THELI_concepts.rst>
   THELI -- the WFI test data set <THELI_tut/THELI_wfi_testdata.rst>
   THELI -- Instrument setup <THELI_tut/THELI_instrument_setup.rst>
   THELI -- Image Header <THELI_tut/THELI_image_header.rst>
   THELI -- glossary of frequently used terms <THELI_tut/THELI_glossary.rst>

A Short LDAC Tools Guide
========================

THELI uses a *very-close* to `FITS`_ tables format as its primary
catalogue format. The following pages briefly describe the format and
the available program toolbox to access and manipulate LDAC
catalogues.  

.. note:: 
   #. The following pages refer to the LDAC tools *within* the
      THELI pipeline! In the meanwhile there are LDAC tools available
      from various sources. Those probably differ in functionality from
      the version described here!
   #. The prefered way to obtain the LDAC tools is to install them within
      THELI. For your convinience we offer here binary distributions for
      `32-bit <_static/ldactools-1.2.0_32-bit.tgz>`_ and
      `64-bit <_static/ldactools-1.2.0_64-bit.tgz>`_ Linux systems.
   #. We do not aim to provide a complete and exhaustive reference to the LDAC
      format. We limit the discussion on aspects and tools that are
      the most important in day-to-day work. A more complete and in-depth
      description can be found in `Erik Deuls Pipeline Documentation`__  
   #. As I (Thomas Erben) am not an original author of the LDAC tools,
      parts of the following descriptions are certainly not entirely correct.
      Please `email_me`_ any suggestions for improvements or criticism!

__ LDAC_docu_

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   :maxdepth: 1
 
   LDAC -- General Concepts <LDAC/LDAC_concepts.rst>
   LDAC -- Conversion from LDAC to ASCII and vice-versa <LDAC/LDAC_basics.rst>
   LDAC -- Advanced LDAC Catalogue Manipulation <LDAC/LDAC_advanced.rst>
   LDAC -- Catalogue Matching <LDAC/LDAC_matching.rst>
   LDAC -- Some Useful Tasks <LDAC/LDAC_useful.rst>
   LDAC -- Special LDAC Table Names <LDAC/LDAC_tables.rst>
   LDAC -- Access to LDAC Catalogues with External Tools <LDAC/LDAC_access.rst>
 
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   Indices and tables
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   * :ref:`genindex`
   * :ref:`modindex`
   * :ref:`search`

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