In this directory are some sample Level-1 MCCD data for
2005.02.18, targeting AR 10735.  These are 
standard FITS files, with one extension which is the
time-stamp array for each scan.  

They can be read with your favorite FITS file reader:

IDL> dat=readfits('MC_20050218_170616.Level1.fits',head) ; gets header, too.
IDL> help,head
IDL> print,head
;SIMPLE  =                    T / Written by IDL:  Fri Jul  1 11:54:23 2016      
;BITPIX  =                  -32 / IEEE single precision floating point           
;NAXIS   =                    4 / number of array dimensions                     
;EXTEND  =                    T /                                                
;NAXIS1  =                  120 /                                                
;NAXIS2  =                   96 /                                                
;NAXIS3  =                   50 /                                                
;NAXIS4  =                  298                                                  
;CTYPE1  = 'E-W     '           /AXIS: SCANNER MIRROR                            
;CTYPE2  = 'N-S     '           /AXIS: SPATIAL ALONG SLIT                        
;CTYPE3  = 'LAMBDA  '           /AXIS: WAVELENGTH                                
;CTYPE4  = 'TIME    '           / SLOWEST AXIS (TIME)                            
;CRVAL1  =        454.828005597 /REF. PIXEL LOCATION FROM DISK CENTER( W > 0)    
;CRVAL2  =       -65.2761942596 /REF. PIXEL LOCATION FROM DISK CENTER ( N > 0)   

[etc....]

showing you that you have a cube with nx=120,ny=96, nlambda=50,ntime=298.

IDL> tt=readfits('MC_20050218_170616.Level1.fits',head2,ext=1)

This retrieves the ntime-long decimal-hour array for the time-stamp
at each scan start.  In fact each slit-position does have the exact 
time encoded in the first few bits, but for most purposes, the
start time of each scan should suffice:

IDL> help,tt
TT              FLOAT     = Array[298]
IDL> print,tt[0]
      17.1345
(first scan started at 17:08:04 UT, which agrees with the header T_FIRST
keyword....and this does NOT agree with T_OBS, which is the time
the observer "pushes the button to start", but there is an initial
file-writing-setup delay of 30-60s).


You can plot any individual spectrum:

IDL> plot,dat[20,20,*,0] ; the Halpha spectrum at point [20,20] in the first scan

The Halpha line is usually approximately centered, so to get a quick-look
movie:

IDL> xtmovie,bytscl(reform(dat[*,*,25,*])) ; or whatever your favorite movie-player is

You will notice in these data that:
(1) there is image drift with time (the tracker was not working well)
(2) there is a small B8.5 flare at 21:40 
(see the NOAA event list in this directory: 20050218events.txt) which was well-observed.

Please let KD know (leka@nwra.com) if you have any questions or see
any problems.