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CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) is a comprehensive software package to calibrate, image, and analyze radioastronomical data from interferometers (such as ALMA and EVLA, both shown below) as well as single dish telescopes. This wiki provides examples and hints for reducing data in CASA. CASA News 20 October 2017: CASA Release 5.1.1 is now available 26 September 2017: CASA Newsletter #5 Events 23-27 October 2017: 6th VLA Data Reduction Workshop (NRAO Socorro, NM) Using CASA CASA Homepage Information on the latest releases, documentation, and support Installing CASA Where to obtain CASA, and how to install it in different operating systems What is CASA? Overview of CASA calibration, imaging, and a description of basic tasks Getting Started in CASA Guide to CASA syntax, task execution, and scripting CASA Documentation CASA Reference Manual & Cookbook HTML and the PDF Version CASA Task Reference CASA Toolkit Manual Hints, Tips, & Tricks Task-specific tutorials and essential information to use CASA like a pro Selecting Spectral Windows and Channels CASA Region Format (CASA 3.3+) Data flagging with plotms Data flagging with viewer Annotated Example Scripts Samples to help you script your data reduction CASA User Scripts and Tasks Aligning, mosaicking, stitching, plotting weather, and more AIPS-to-CASA Cheat Sheet Lectures from the most recent Synthesis Imaging Workshop (June 2012) Python Overview Includes basics of python, and guides to arrays and plotting NRAO Science Forum Ask the community questions about data processing CASA Tutorials List of All Tutorials Extracting Scripts from Tutorials ALMA Guides/Tutorials Karl G. Jansky VLA Tutorials Simulating Observations 'Old' VLA Tutorials CARMA Tutorials SMA Tutorials   Useful Links CASA homepage CASA Reference Manual & Cookbook my.nrao.edu - Your Portal to NRAO Services NRAO Helpdesk (for all inquiries except ALMA) ALMA Helpdesk (for all ALMA related inquiries) NRAO Science Forums Python Documentation Splatalogue - Astronomical Line Database   Index of All Articles List of All Articles Index by Category Information for Authors MediaWiki markup language CASAGuides Instructions for Authors 684 articles since July 2009. Consult the Wiki User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.