XSPEC HELP XSPEC is an interactive program to fit models to spectra. To start it simply type "xspec". An interactive help facility is available using: XSPEC> help An online manual, installation instructions, a list of known bugs, and other helpful information can be found on the XSPEC website: http://xspec.gsfc.nasa.gov Although XSPEC is primarily intended for the analysis of X-ray spectra it can be used for data from other wavebands. The input data must be in the standard FITS formats. The ftool flx2xsp can be used to create FITS files from an ascii file containing energies, fluxes, and errors.