Loading and Processing MIRIAD Data
miriad-python deals with MIRIAD data on two levels:
- There is a lightweight high-level class, miriad.Data, that
allows you to easily store references to datasets, check whether they
exist, rename them, and so on.
- There is a lower-level module, mirtask, that lets you open up
datasets and access at their contents directly. Doing so successfully
requires a familiarity with the details of the MIRIAD data formats,
which this documentation does not attempt to provide.
If you’re just getting started with miriad-python, it’s important to
understand the high-level miriad.Data class but not necessary
to read about the low-level mirtask module just yet.