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Image processing software
A wide variety of image processing software packages are
available both as freeware
and as sophisticated commercial packages
Many have direct application to astronomical images and
image processing problems
Some are available to the general and amateur community
(e,g, MIRA)
Professional astronomers make use of a range of software
packages developed specifically
with astronomical image processing requirements in mind
The most common astronomical IP packages come under the
umbrella titles of:
liraf (developed in USA - very complex,
hierarchical extensive library of ip products)
lMidas (developed for ESO and European
astronomers)
lSTARLINK packages (developed in UK) such
as KAPPA, PISA, GAIA