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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- xTime tool updated (09 Apr 2018)
Support for NICER has been added to xTime. Also, the RXTE
mission day number time formats, which were really only used in mission
planning, have been removed.
- Viewing tool updated (14 Dec 2017)
The Sun angle constraint for NuSTAR observations has been
updated in the Viewing tool to be greater than 43 degrees. This reflects the
change by the NuSTAR Science Operations Center to ensure stable pointing.
This new, slightly more restrictive range applies to all future ToO requests
and Cycle 4 proposals.
- Viewing tool updated (22 Sep 2017)
Swift's orbital pole constraints have been updated in the
Viewing tool. The revised coefficients extrapolate the trend for the
next year.
- Viewing tool updated (12 Sep 2017)
Support for XMM-Newton has been updated to work with the latest
version of the ESA XMM-Newton Target Visibility Checker.
- Viewing tool updated (23 Mar 2017)
Swift's orbital pole constraints have been updated in the
Viewing tool. The revised coefficients extrapolate the trend for the
next year.
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