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Tutorials for the Common Astronomy Software Applications Program

-- Richard | September 3, 2019

Question:

I am retired and have had a interest in astronomy,especially radio astronomy, for a while. I have taken a number of classes in astrophysics at UNM. I took a class in radio astronomy a few years ago with Dr. Taylor. I was on a class team that had observation time with EVLA. We used AIPS for data reduction, but most of the work was done by a PhD candidate did most of the work, so I did not learn as much as I would have liked. I was able to do flux and phase calibration, but that was about it. What I would like to know if there are any tutorials that would walk me through the process using CASA language as a self study program.
Thanks
Richard

-- Richard

Answer:

You might try the CASA Guides, which contain a nice collection of tutorials for CASA.

-- Jeff Mangum

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