Who supports the IDL Astronomy Library?
The IDL Astronomy Library has been supported by NASA under a small grant from the Astrophysics Data Program. The first grant was awarded in 1990 to Wayne Landsman for three years, and the grant was renewed in 1993 and 1996. At various times, other people , including Frank Varosi, Krishna Venkatakrishna, and Joseph Lyu, have worked part-time on the Library. At the end of November 2000, all funding for the IDL Astronomy Library ended. Applications to renew support for the IDL Astronomy Library were made to the NASA Applied Information Systems Research in both September 2000 and September 2001 but were not successful. I am currently looking for other sources of funding. Many of the programs in the IDL Astronomy Library have been contributed by the user community. In particular, Don Lindler, Craig Markwardt, Tom McGlynn, and Bill Thompson have made significant contributions to the Library.
