This is a bare-bones recipe for making GSC charts using IRAF on Murky.
--Michael Begam 21 Mar 95
To make a single chart:
1) Load the GSC CDROM in the reader--it will be mounted on the
system automatically.
2) Move to /data/murky/user32, start up IRAF and load the necessary
packages.
user32@murky cd
user32@murky cl
cl> stsdas
st> fitsio
fi> gasp
ga> stplot
st> set imtype="hhh"
3) Generate a table file of stars by running regions and
replying to the prompts. Coordinates for 2000.0 must be used.
Values given here and in step 4 for field width and scale are
appropriate for use with the Newell guider overlay.
st> regions
R.A. of field center in hours: HH:MM:SS
Dec. of field center in degrees: DD:MM:SS
Width of field in degrees: 1.22
Table of extracted stars: filename
4) Plot the table file by running skymap and replying to
the prompts. Afterwards, flush the graphics output buffer.
This will be necessary to send a single plot, or the last in
a series, to the printer.
st> skymap dev=stdplot mirror=no
Table name of catalog for stars: filename
R.A. of chart center in degrees: HH:MM:SS
Declination of chart center in degrees: DD:MM:SS
Scale of chart in "arc/mm: 25.8
Full width of chart in degrees: 1.22
st> gflush
5) Exit IRAF and unload the CDROM.
st> log
user32@murky% eject