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The OST table
The heart of the IRAC2b online reduction system is the Observation Summary
Table (OST). This table contains the essential details, such as the
filter used, the lens used, the exposure etc., of every image taken with the
camera. It is continuously updated as new exposures are made. For
IRAC2B the table is called irac2b_ost.tbl and it is a regular
MIDAS table. The contents of the table can be displayed or printed
with the usual MIDAS table commands or with the OBSLIST/IRAC2 and
OBSREP/IRAC2 commands described below. For a general description of
OSTs and the DO context, see Chapter 15 in Volume B of the
MIDAS users manual.
Petra Nass
1999-06-15