XTENEWS#1: XTE Technical Appendix and software tools available

[Alan Smale <alan@osiris.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

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        XTE Technical Appendix and software tools available      
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XTENEWS#1					15th December 1994


The XTE Guest Observer Facility would like to announce the
availability of technical information and a number of software
resources which will be of interest to potential XTE proposers.  The
official NASA Research Announcement for XTE will be issued by NASA HQ
in January, with a proposal due date in April 1995.

The Technical Appendix to the XTE NRA, Appendix F, can be downloaded
from the anonymous FTP account at

	legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov:/xte/nra/appendix_f 

in PostScript format. The Technical Appendix contains a complete
description of the XTE mission and instruments, and a guide to how to
choose observing configurations and perform feasibility calculations.
A brief summary of the mission, data rights, proposal submission
information etc can be found in /xte/nra/announcement. Note that this
information is _unofficial_ and will be superceded by the official
Appendices A-E when these are approved by NASA HQ.

Directories in /xte/nra/software contain useful software tools, namely
PIMMS, Recommd, Hextemporize, and Viewing. Details of how to use these
packages may be found in Appendix F, and in the README files. A set of
sample response matrices for the PCA and HEXTE instruments may be
found in /xte/nra/responses.  The XTE GOF itself is described in
/xte/doc.

Information about XTE, the GOF, anonFTP access etc, is also available
on the WWW at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/xte_1st.html. 

Hardcopies of Appendix F may be requested by sending Email to
xtenra@ascasrv.gsfc.nasa.gov; any questions about the XTE proposal
process or software should also be directed to this Email
address. Appendix F can also be requested by sending papermail to

		Dr. Alan Smale
		XTE Guest Observer Facility
		Code 668
		NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
		Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
		(FAX: USA-301-286-1682)

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