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Ordered by Date of last update of released software
| Software | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Responsible Entity | Version | Last Update |
| XSPEC: X-ray spectral Analysis software | HEASARC | 12.5.0an | 27 July 2009 |
| IDL Astronomical Users Library | ASD/GSFC | 17 Jul 2009 | 17 Jul 2009 |
| fv: Fits File Viewer | HEASARC | 5.3 | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Aladin: An interactive software sky atlas | CDS; ULP/CNRS | 6 | 16 Jul 2009 |
| ACIS_EXTRACT: IDL-based ACIS analysis package | PSU | 2009jun22 | 22 June 2009 |
| HEAsoft: Multi-Mission High Energy Analysis software | HEASARC | 6.6.3 | 3 Jun 2009 |
| STDAS: Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System | STScI | 3.10 | 11 May 2009 |
| STScI Python: includes PyRAF, PyFITS, Numdisplay, MultiDrizzle for HST | STScI | 2.8 | 11 May 2009 |
| CFITSIO: FITS file access subroutine library | HEASARC | 3.181 beta | 10 May 2009 |
| CIAO: Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (Release) | CXC | 4.1.2 | 20 Apr 2009 |
| SAOImage ds9: FITS image viewer and analyzer | SAO/HEASARC | 5.6 | 15 Apr 2009 |
| ISIS: Interactive Spectral Interpretation System | CXC | 1.4.9-54 | 10 Mar 2009 |
| SAE: Science Analysis Environment for Fermi | FSSC | v9r8p2 | 06 Feb 2009 |
| MIDAS: Munich Image Data Analysis System | ESO | 09FEBpl1.0 | 3 Feb 2009 |
| PIMMS: Portable, Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator | HEASARC | 3.9j | 21 Jan 2009 |
| AIPS: Astronomical Image Processing System (development) | NRAO | 31DEC09 | 15 Jan 2009 |
| AIPS: Astronomical Image Processing System (stable) | NRAO | 31DEC08 | 09 Dec 2008 |
| IRAF: Image Reduction and Analysis Facility | NOAO | 2.14.1 | 16 Sep 2008 |
| browse_extract_wget.pl: command-line query of HEASARC databases, uses wget | HEASARC | 2.2 | 31 Jul 2008 |
| CHIANTI: atomic database for X-ray plasma spectral modeling | NRL and others | 5.2.1 | 29 July 2008 |
| SAS: XMM-Newton Science Analysis Software | XMM-SOC | 8.0.0 | 2 Jul 2008 |
| XIMAGE: Image Analysis Software | HEASARC | 4.4.1 | 02 Jul 2008 |
| CCfits: object oriented interface to cfitsio | HEASARC | 2.0 | 23 Apr 2008 |
| W3Browse: Astrophysics Observation Database and Archive browser | HEASARC | 8.4 | 9 Oct 2007 |
| OSA: INTEGRAL Off-Line Scientific Analysis Software | ISDC | 7.0 | 26 Sep 2007 |
| PROFIT: Visualize and Model Spectra | Smith/HEASARC | 2.0.0 | 07 Aug 2007 |
| PINTofALE: Package for Interactive Analysis of Line Emission | Drake & Kashyap/CXC | 2.6 | 07 Jun 2007 |
| XSTAR: physical conditions and emission spectra of photoionized gases. | Kallman/HEASARC | 2.1kn7 | 24 Mar 2007 |
| browse_extract.pl: command-line query of HEASARC databases | HEASARC | 2.1a | 16 Nov 2006 |
| XSPEC 11: Old-School X-ray spectral analysis software | HEASARC | 11.3.2 | 13 Apr 2005 |
| XRONOS: Timing Analysis Software | HEASARC | 5.21 | 06 May 2004 |
| EXSAS: Extended X-ray Scientific Analysis System for ROSAT | MPE | 01APR_EXP | Apr 2001 |
| PROS: Post-Reduction Off-line Software for X-ray data analysis | CfA | 2.5_p1 | Mar 1998 |
| SPEX: SPEctral X-ray and UV modeling, analysis and fitting | Kaastra/SRON | 1.10 | 25 Apr 1994 |
| SPEX: SPEctral X-ray and UV modeling, analysis and fitting (development) | Kaastra/SRON | 2.00.11 | 04 Nov 2004 |
Ordered by Latest Update
| Associated Data | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Responsible Entity | Version | Posted | Latest Update | Comments |
| CALDB: Calibration Data | HEASARC | Varies by mission | 04 August 2009 | 04 August 2009 | RXTE PCA |
| CCF: Current Calibration File for XMM-Newton | XMM SOC | Varies by instrument | 17 Jul 2009 | 15 Jul 2009 | XMM-CCF-REL-255, "EPIC out of field-of-view description"; XMM-CCF-REL-254, "EPIC MOS screening thresholds"; XMM-CCF-REL-252, "OM Bad Pixels" |
| Chandra CALDB | CXC | 4.1.3 | 09 Mar 2009 | 08 Mar 2009 | for use with Ciao 4.1 and higher |
| ATOMDB: atomic database for X-ray plasma spectral modeling | CXC | 1.3.1 | 03 Jul 2003 | 03 Jul 2003 | |
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