... Previous: Substepping and its Application to HST Imaging . ... This is a preliminary report on an application of the co-addition technique based upon the Richardson-Lucy algorithm. The combination of high signal-to-noise ground-based images obtained with the ESO NTT using SUSI with high angular resolution HST FOC f/96 images gives new insights on the properties of galaxy cores and their potential time variability. Cores of galaxies are one of the main thrusts of present extragalactic research. ...

... The 1997 conference of the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference series was organized by ST-ECF/ESO during 14 to 17 September, 1997. It was the first time this conference was held in Europe. ... Key topics of the conference were Computational Astrophysics, Computational Infrastructure, Future Technologies, Data Analysis Applications, Education and Public Outreach, Data Flow and Scheduling , Archives Information Services, and Astrostatistics/Data Bases. ...

IRAF/STECF 2-D spectrum point source / background decomposition package . ... The general problem is one of spectral decomposition - of separating the spectra of the point sources from the background. ... The STECF IRAF layered package "specres" provides two tasks to extract point source spectra from 2-D images (either longslit, multislit or cross-dispersed) and decompose the full background over the image. ... A Point Source Function spectrum image is required as a 2-D spectrum. ...