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HEASoft
A Unified Release of the
FTOOLS and
XANADU
Software Packages
The current version of HEAsoft is 6.13
(27 December 2012)
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NEW SERVICE: WebHera |
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Run the HEASOFT tasks directly from your web browser. |
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| Hera |
Download the FV GUI and run the Xanadu and FTOOLS software
on the HEASARC's servers without having to install HEASOFT on your
local machine. |
| XANADU |
High-level, multi-mission tasks for X-ray astronomical
spectral, timing, and imaging data analysis |
| FTOOLS |
General and mission-specific tools to manipulate
FITS files |
| FITSIO |
Core library responsible for reading and writing FITS files
(distributed with FTOOLS) |
| fv |
General FITS file browser/editor/plotter with a graphical user
interface (distributed with FTOOLS) |
| XSTAR |
Tool for calculating the physical conditions and emission spectra
of photoionized gases |
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Download
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Users may download either
the source code for the software and compile the tools themselves,
or download the precompiled executables for
the most widely used computer platforms.
The HEAsoft Release Notes 6.13
give an overview of changes since HEASOFT version 6.12.
For a list of supported platforms and architectures in the latest release,
visit the Supported Platforms page.
For a list of known bugs in the latest release, visit the
HEAsoft Bug List page.
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Mailing List
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To receive notices of HEASOFT releases, subscribe to the FTOOLS
Notes mailing list by visiting
https://lists.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ftoolsnotes
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Documentation
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HEAdas Developers Guide v0.1:
Developers guide for the new HEAdas data analysis system is available online.
PIL Developers Guide:
Developers guide for the Parameter Interface Library is available online.
Xselect Users' Guide v2.4:
Available online and as postscript (120K) and tarred HTML (77K) files.
Xspec Users' Guide:
Available online
and as postscript (84K), tarred HTML (544K), and PDF (1.2M) files.
Ximage Users' Guide:
Available online
and as postscript (396K), tarred HTML (120K), and LaTeX (88K) files.
Xronos Users' Guide:
Available online
and as postscript (392K), tarred HTML (148K), and LaTeX (108K) files.
Previous Release Notes:
6.12,
6.11.1,
6.11,
6.10,
6.9,
6.8,
6.7,
6.6.3,
6.6.2,
6.6.1,
6.6,
6.5.1,
6.5,
6.4.1,
6.4,
6.3.2,
6.3.1,
6.3,
6.2,
6.1.2,
6.1.1,
6.1,
6.0.6,
6.0.5,
6.0.4,
6.0.3,
6.0.2,
6.0,
5.3.1,
5.3,
5.2,
5.1A,
5.1,
5.0,
4.2,
4.1,
4.0,
3.6,
3.5,
3.4,
3.3,
3.2
Help lines:
FTOOLS
or
xanprob@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov
Web page maintained by
Bryan K. Irby
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