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Ordered by Date of last update of released software

Software
Name Responsible Entity Version Last Update
STDAS: Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System STScI 3.11 13 Nov 2009
STScI Python: includes PyRAF, PyFITS, Numdisplay, MultiDrizzle for HST STScI 2.9 13 Nov 2009
XSPEC: X-ray spectral Analysis software HEASARC 12.5.1n 05 Nov 2009
SAOImage ds9: FITS image viewer and analyzer SAO/HEASARC 5.7 15 Oct 2009
MIDAS: Munich Image Data Analysis System ESO 09SEPpl1.0 14 Oct 2009
PIMMS: Portable, Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator HEASARC 3.9k 07 Oct 2009
PINTofALE: Package for Interactive Analysis of Line Emission Drake & Kashyap/CXC 2.7 02 Oct 2009
WMAP Software: Analyze Data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe LAMBDA 3.0 01 Oct 2009
CFITSIO: FITS file access subroutine library HEASARC 3.2 4 Sep 2009
OSA: INTEGRAL Off-Line Scientific Analysis Software ISDC 8.0 31 Aug 2009
IDL Astronomical Users Library ASD/GSFC 20 Aug 2009 20 Aug 2009
HEAsoft: Multi-Mission High Energy Analysis software HEASARC 6.7 19 Aug 2009
XIMAGE: Image Analysis Software HEASARC 4.5 19 Aug 2009
ACIS_EXTRACT: IDL-based ACIS analysis package PSU 2009aug09 09 Aug 2009
SAE: Science Analysis Environment for Fermi FSSC v9r15p2 08 Aug 2009
fv: Fits File Viewer HEASARC 5.3 16 Jul 2009
Aladin: An interactive software sky atlas CDS; ULP/CNRS 6 16 Jul 2009
CIAO: Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (Release) CXC 4.1.2 20 Apr 2009
ISIS: Interactive Spectral Interpretation System CXC 1.4.9-54 10 Mar 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
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
PROFIT: Visualize and Model Spectra Smith/HEASARC 2.0.0 07 Aug 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


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Associated Data
Name Responsible Entity Version Posted Latest Update Comments
CALDB: Calibration Data HEASARC Varies by mission 02 Nov 2009 02 Nov 2009 RXTE
Chandra CALDB CXC 4.1.4 17 Sep 2009 16 Sep 2009 for use with Ciao 4.1 and higher
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"
ATOMDB: atomic database for X-ray plasma spectral modeling CXC 1.3.1 03 Jul 2003 03 Jul 2003

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Page author: Michael F. Corcoran
Last modified Monday, 16-Nov-2009 11:30:56 EST