General Tools
These Web-based tools are designed to assist
scientists in their proposal and general data analysis efforts. The
HEASARC provides these tools as a service to the scientific community.
[FTOOLS, a general
FITS file utility programs and
mission-specific data analysis tools can be found on the
Software page].
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Latest News
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- Viewing tool updated (02 Dec 2019)
Support for the upcoming IXPE mission has been added to
Viewing.
- Viewing tool updated (11 Jul 2019)
The Swift pole constraints have been updated in the Viewing
tool. The revised coefficients extrapolate the trend for the next
year.
- nH tool updated (16 May 2019)
The nH tool has been updated with support for the HI4PI survey
map. This new map is now the default. The X-Ray Background Tool has also been
updated to use the HI4PI map.
- Timeline tool updated (05 Apr 2019)
The Timeline Tool has been enhanced to be more user-friendly.
If no date is entered, it will now respond with the most recent date for
which timeline data exists for the specified mission. Also, if only one date
is queried, quick links to go to the previous and next days in the mission
timeline are presented.
- Viewing tool updated (17 Sep 2018)
The Swift pole constraints have been updated in the Viewing
tool. The revised coefficients extrapolate the trend for the next year. The
Viewing tool now also can report a "preferred" visibility window for NICER
observations, which has a Sun angle constraint of 60-180 degrees. (The nominal
visibility window for NICER observations is unchanged.)
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