ASPRO:
The Astronomical Software to PRepare Observations
ASPRO is a complete observation preparation tool developed and maintained by the JMMC that allows to prepare interferometric observations with the VLTI or other interferometers. It allows in particular to simulate the projected baseline evolution during the observations (supersynthesis), derive the visibilities for a given object (single star, binaries, user defined FITS image,...), and offers many additional useful functions. A description of the JMMC Working Group on the developement of ASPRO can be found on this page.
You can access the JMMC shared softwares running on our servers through Java applications
The java software used to run ASPRO requires java web start. For more information about the installation of Java for your platform and the associated configurations, please refer to this page. If you can't use java web start, you can download the jar file and run java -jar yourPath/AsproWeb.jar( in this case we strongly advice to subscribe to the rss feed, because only java webstart does check software updates ). In any case, feel free to contact the User support to find an issue with your configuration.
User Account
Aspro is freely accessible to every user, you don't need an account for basic use. However, you should get an account to keep essential files onto the server. Please use given forms onto the user account management page.
Documentation
Main window elements have one associated help. Just right-click the widget to show its short description.
Mains windows also have one help description for the general use of the window. In these cases just use the HELP button.
Change Log
The most recent changes of ASPRO have been reported in real time on this page but will now be reported through the ASPRO rss feed.
