CDS 'raw' data from each raster
are stored in FITS files as binary tables.
Routines expect to find the data in
the $CDS_FITS_DATA
directory.
The data can be loaded into IDL memory
into the so-called quicklook data
structure (QLDS), a 'special' CDS-specific entity:
a=readcdsfits(file)
Normal
IDL commands MUST NOT be used. for example, to copy:
qlds = copy_qlds(a)
; b=a WOULD NOT WORK !!!
;----------------------
To DELETE the QLDS from memory:
delete_qlds,qlds
; delvarx, QLDS WOULD NOT WORK !!!
;--------------------------------
Once the data have been loaded, the QuickLook package can be used
to inspect (and analyse) them:
dsp_menu, qlds
