Skip to main content

NASA | GSFC | Sciences and Exploration

HEASARC

High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center

Menu

• HEASARC
  • About
  • Help Desk
  • Upcoming Meetings
  • Archive Your Data
  • Archive Statistics
  • LAMBDA Portal
• Observatories
  • Observatories
  • Active Missions
  • Past Missions
  • Upcoming Missions
  • Comparison
• Archive
  • Archive
  • Search Portal
  • Search APIs
  • Cloud
  • SciServer
  • FTP Area
• Calibration
  • Calibration
  • Remote Access
  • Documentation
  • Keywords
  • Cross Calibration
  • Supported Missions
• Software
  • Software
  • HEASoft
  • FITSIO
  • Xspec
  • Xronos
  • Ximage
  • XSTAR
• Web Tools
  • Web Tools
  • WebPIMMS
  • WebSpec
  • Viewing Tool
  • nH Calculator
  • Coordinates Converter
  • Time Converter
  • SkyView
• Help & Support
  • Help Desk
  • Proposal Submission
  • Bibliography
  • Resources for Scientists
  • FAQ
  • Outreach

• About
• Sitemap
• Help Desk
• Archive Your Data

Search

Come analyze HEASARC, IRSA, and MAST data in the cloud! The Fornax Initiative is now welcoming all interested beta users.

Return to top

• HEASARC
• Observatories
• Archive
• Calibration
• Software
• Web Tools
• Help & Support

• About NASA
• Accessibility
• FOIA

• No FEAR Act
• Privacy Policy
• Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

• Responsible Official: Ryan Smallcomb
• Site Editor: Kristen Killingsworth
• Last Updated: 17-May-2006

A service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA/GSFC

Contents

• Contents
• Getting Started
  • Overview
  • HEASARC Login
  • Registration
  • Environment
  • Terminal Environment
  • Reporting Problems
• BROWSE: Walk Through
  • Catalog Search
  • Master Catalogs
  • Filters and Sorting
  • XY Plots
  • Histogram Plot
  • Aitoff Projection
  • ROSAT Images
  • Spectra
  • Cross Correlation
  • EXOSAT Bibliography
• BROWSE
  • Introduction
  • Capabilities
  • History
  • Basics
    • Databases
    • Parameters
    • Entries
    • Samples
    • Indexes
    • Subsamples
    • Cross Correlations
    • Data Files
    • Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Browse Basics
  • Starting BROWSE
  • Info
  • HELP
    • DBHELP
    • Show
  • Commands
    • Syntax
    • Prompts
    • Recall
    • Multiple
    • Aliases
  • Files
    • Session Log
    • Script Files
    • Directory
  • Ending a Session
• Searching Databases
  • Databases
  • Coordinate Search
  • Equinox Year
  • Name Search
  • Parameter Search
  • Samples
  • Indexes
• BROWSE Display
  • Parameter Values
  • Line Summary
  • User Line Summaries
  • Statistics
  • Sort
  • Filters
  • Saving Subsamples
  • Making Samples
• BROWSE Graphics
  • Plot Device
  • Samples and Subsamples
    • Coordinates
    • Histograms
    • Using Symbols
  • QDP
    • Rescaling
    • Logarithmic Axes
    • Hardcopy
    • Write Data
• Data Products
  • Overview
  • Available Products
  • Plot Products
    • Spectra
    • Images
    • Lightcurves
  • Extract Files
  • XSPEC
  • XIMAGE and SAOIMAGE
  • XRONOS
    • Terminology
    • Qualifiers
    • Utilities
• BROWSE Correlations
  • Overview
  • Compression
    • Parameter Specification
    • Listing
    • Statistics
  • Cross-Correlations
    • Establishing
  • Listing
    • Shift
    • Using
  • Resetting
  • Correlation Samples
  • Multiple Parameters
• SQL Interface
  • Overview
  • Invocation
  • Select
  • Create
    • View
    • Index
  • Exit
• Applications
  • COCO Conversion of Celestial Coordinates
  • NH - HI Galactic Column Density
  • PIMMS and Viewing
    • Using PIMMS and Viewing
• Miscellaneous
  • EXOSAT LE UV Contamination
  • Pixel conventions
    • EXOSAT CMA
    • Einstein HRI
  • QDP/PLT
• Commands
  • address - Change user's E-mail address
  • asc - Convert EXOSAT lightcurves to ASCII
  • browse - Browse through a database
  • bulletin - Access BROWSE bulletin board
  • cat - Display file data to the terminal
  • cd - Change current directory
  • coco - Coordinate conversion
  • compress - Compress file
  • copy - Copy a file into the current directory
  • cp - Copy a file into the current directory
  • cpd - Set the plot device
  • create - Create a sub-directory
  • delete - Delete a file
  • dir - List files
  • dumpfits - Write out a FITS file
  • email - Change user's E-mail address
  • env - Display current session characteristics
  • exit - Terminate the current session
  • get - Copy file from user's remote machine
  • help - Online help
  • la - List applications
  • le_uv - EXOSAT LE UV contamination calculator
  • logout - Terminate the current session
  • logoff - End the session
  • ls - List files
  • mail - Mail a file to your email address
  • mkdir - Create a directory
  • mklepha - Make LE PHA file
  • more - Display file data to the terminal with page breaks
  • mv - Moves a file into the current working directory
  • nh - Get galactic hydrogen column density
  • put - Copy file to user's remote machine
  • pwd - Print current working directory path
  • qdp - Quick and Dandy Plotter
  • quit - Terminate the current session
  • rdhis - provide mechanism to access results of XSPEC
  • recv - Copy file from user's remote machine
  • rm - Delete a file
  • rmdir - Delete a directory
  • send - Copy file to user's remote machine
  • show - Display current session characteristics
  • type - Display file data to the terminal
  • uncompress - Uncompress file
  • ximage - X-ray image analysis
  • xplot - Provide mechanism to access results of XSPEC
  • xronos - Timing analysis
  • xspec - A multimission spectral fitting package
• BROWSE Commands
  • ? - keyword summary
  • alias - rename a command string
  • cdb - change database
  • cey - change equinox year
  • chat - control the verbosity of BROWSE
  • cind - change index
  • class - list BROWSE class flags
  • cpd - change plot device
  • compress - auto-correlation
  • cross - cross-correlation between databases
  • csam - change sample
  • dall - display all parameters
  • dat - display ASCII table.
  • dbhelp - database help
  • dclass - list object class
  • dcoord - list coordinates
  • dir - list current directory
  • dline - display a line
  • dpage - display page
  • dsam - display sample or subsample
  • eat - erase an ASCII table
  • edb - erase a user database
  • eind - erase index
  • esam - erase sample
  • exit - terminate BROWSE session
  • help - BROWSE command help
  • ldb - list databases
  • lfiles - list available files
  • lind - list indexes
  • log - open a log file.
  • lparm - list parameters
  • lpe - list previous environments
  • lsam - list samples
  • mat - make ASCII table
  • mdb - make a user database
  • msam - make sample
  • mind - make index
  • pdev - plot device
  • pe - previous environment
  • pp - plot products
  • psam - plot sample
  • raf - reset all filters
  • rcor - reset correlation
  • recall - a previous command
  • fotreq - request an EXOSAT FOT
  • request - restore nearline data
  • rlf - reset last filter
  • rsam - reset sample
  • save - the current subsample
  • sc - search by coordinates
  • script - echo commands to a file
  • sef - set exclusive filter
  • show - show current BROWSE status
  • sif - set inclusive filter
  • skymap - Plot a skymap
  • sname - search by name
  • sort - the sample/subsample
  • sparm - search by parameter
  • Statistics - of a parameter
  • ximage - X-ray image analysis
  • sort - the sample/subsample
  • sparm - search by parameter
  • Statistics - of a parameter
  • ximage - X-ray image analysis
  • xp - extract data files/products
  • xspec - spectral fitting
    • xspec/standard[=fixline]
• BROWSE Command Summary
  • Commands
  • Help
  • Search and Display
  • Plot
  • Extract
  • Correlate
  • File Transfer
    • get
    • mail
    • put
  • recv
    • send
• WWW FTP Skyview
  • World Wide Web
  • Anonymous ftp
  • Gopher
• SkyView
• The HEASARC WWW Offerings
  • Navigating the HEASARC Web