getCal is an interferometric observation planning software suite: it
and its constituent tools can be used to resolve common star names
into standard catalog designations and astrometry; extract visibility
calibrators from the Hipparcos catalog according to a variety of
geometric, brightness, and astrophysical criteria; compute target
zenith and delay accessibility; interface with the Simbad astronomical
database, the PTI and KI sequencer GUIs, visibility calibration codes,
and sky visualization software. getCal also has other uses, is
extremely portable, can be autonomously driven over a list of sources,
and can be accessed either from either the Unix command line or a
(Perl/Tk) GUI.
Access to this and other MSC resources is available through the MSC
Download Portal (registration required).
