Category Archives: Releases

Best Practices for Code Release: Experience With Montage

Posted on January 7, 2016 by astrocompute

This is a presentation given at the  Special Session on Tools and Tips for Better Software, held at the 227th AAS Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, Jan 5, 2016. It was one of six presentations given at the session, whose purpose is … Continue reading →

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Montage Poster at 227th AAS Meeting, Kissimmee, FL. Jan 4-8, 2016.

Posted on January 4, 2016 by astrocompute
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Montage and Cosmic Background Studies

Posted on April 8, 2011 by astrocompute

Members of the radio and sub-millimeter community and the cosmic background communities have begun to use Montage. The image we used for the blog banner is in fact a mosaic of 21-cm data obtained at Arecibo. Here, I talk about … Continue reading →

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Using Montage To Build New Applications: The IRSA Finder Chart Service

Posted on March 19, 2011 by astrocompute

Because Montage is written as a toolkit, its components – useful tools in their own right – can be used to support the development of new applications. We describe one application here: the IRSA Finder Chart service, developed by my … Continue reading →

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Montage Wikipedia Page Released

Posted on January 22, 2011 by astrocompute

We have released a Wikipedia page for Montage. The page describes design, applications, performance, licensing, community contributions and other topics. The Montage Wikipedia page was prepared by Ms. Marcy Harbut.

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Major New Release of Montage Image Mosaic Engine

Posted on December 31, 2010 by astrocompute

A new release of the Montage toolkit (v3.3) is now available for download. Version 3.3 is a major upgrade to Montage. It offers the following important improvements: Increased HDU support for multi-part image files. Added several additional system flags and … Continue reading →

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