The following software is supported by the HEASARC. Most of this software
is designed for professional researchers and advanced students for the
analysis of scientific astronomical observations in
FITS format. The 'fv' program is also
suitable for more general use by
amateurs and educators for viewing astronomical image files. These
software packages are to be downloaded to the users machine. Web-based
tools are available on our tools
page.
HEASARC Software Packages
FITSIO - A subroutine library for reading and writing
FITS
files for C and Fortran programmers.
FTOOLS - General
FITS file utility programs and mission-specific data analysis
tools.
FV - Interactive editor and viewer for astronomical
data files in FITS format.
Also provides access to Hera.
HEAsoft - A unified release of the FTOOLS and XANADU
packages.
Hera - Run the FTOOLS and XANADU software on the
Hera servers at the HEASARC, without having to install the
software packages locally.
Maki - Displays fields of view for various instruments on
FITS images. Currently supports the Suzaku XIS & HXD, Chandra
ACIS & HRC, XMM EPIC, and RXTE PCA detectors.
PIMMS - Program to estimate count rates from fluxes or
vice versa, or to estimate count rates in one instrument from those
measured in another.
Profit - GUI tool for visualizing and modeling
high-resolution spectra.
XSELECT - Multipurpose tool for filtering event files
and generating images, spectra, and light curves. Distributed as
part of the HEASARC package on the
download page.
XSTAR - Program for calculating physical conditions and
emission spectra in photoionized gases.
ASTRO-Update - Latest
Versions of Useful Multi-mission Software
FITS - Data Formats, Standards
and HEASARC Conventions for High-Energy Astrophysics Data
DS9 Updated(18 Jan 2010)
Version 6; Mac OSX, IRAF improvements ...
XSPEC Updated(18 Jan 2010)
Version 12.5.1o; Small fix to calculation of plot emodel/eemodel and eufspec/eeufspec when in setplot wave mode ...
CFITSIO Updated(18 Jan 2010)
Version 3.23; this release contains a number of significant enhancements related to reading and writing compressed FITS files ...
RXTE CALDB updated(04 Jan 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 04 Jan 2010)...
