The Suzaku Data Reduction Guide

-also known as the ABC Guide-

Version 5.0 -- Processing Version 2.X
August 2013

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA)
and the
X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Copies of this guide are available in the following formats:
HTML - http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/analysis/abc/
Postscript - ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/suzaku/doc/general/suzaku_abc_guide.ps.gz
PDF - ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/suzaku/doc/general/suzaku_abc_guide.pdf

For news on the Suzaku data analysis see section 4.2 ``Checking for Updates'' and chapter 5 ``README FIRST''.

More frequent updates can be found on the web:
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/aehp_proc.html
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/analysis/watchout.html
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/analysis/suzakumemos.html
http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/suzaku/process/caveats/
http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/suzaku/analysis/xis

Users are encouraged to contact the Suzaku Guest Observer Facility via the comment webpage at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Feedback.