Using CASApy

CASA is the Common Astronomy Software Applications package provided by NRAO. The current implementation presents its functionality through a python user interface, casa.

• edit your ~/.login.packages file, turn on the 'casa' package
• login to a 64-bit Linux machine (eg. 'cetus', 'draco')
• The command:
% which casa
should return: /usr/local/bin/casa
• Run:
% casa
and the casa GUI should appear.

CASA is being upgraded fairly freqently; if you want to run a different version than the current 'stable' one, look for the available versions by running
% /usr/local/bin/casa -l.
For help, try
% /usr/local/bin/casa -h.

This package does not have any support arrangements at present (2021-Jan). Best-effort help is available from the local computing staff. The NRAO cookbook is available in /nfs/casa.