The following software is supported by the HEASARC. Most of this software
is designed for professional researchers and advanced students for the
analysis of scientific astronomical observations in
FITS format. The 'fv' program is also
suitable for more general use by
amateurs and educators for viewing astronomical image files. These
software packages are to be downloaded to the users machine. Web-based
tools are available on our tools
page.
HEASARC Software Packages
HEAsoft - A unified release of the FTOOLS and XANADU
packages
FTOOLS - General
FITS file utility programs and mission-specific data analysis
tools
XSELECT - Multipurpose tool for filtering event files
and generating images, spectra, and light curves. Distributed as
part of the HEASARC package on the
download page.
Profit - GUI tool for visualizing and modeling high-resolution
spectra
XSTAR - Program for calculating physical conditions and
emission spectra in photoionized gases
FV - Interactive editor and viewer for astronomical
data files in FITS format.
Also provides access to Hera.
Hera - Run the FTOOLS and XANADU software on the
Hera servers at the HEASARC, without having to install the
software packages locally.
FITSIO - A subroutine library for reading and writing
FITS
files for C and Fortran programmers
Maki - Displays fields of view for various instruments on FITS images. Currently supports the Suzaku XIS, HXD and XRS, Chandra ACIS & HRC, XMM EPIC, and RXTE PCA.
XIMAGE updated(3 Jul 2008)
Released 2-Jul-2008; bug fixes, new option out_file to skymap, more ...
HEASoft 6.5 released(30 Jun 2008)
Released 30-Jun-2008; primarily driven by the release of the
Swift (version 2.9) software, but also includes to several libraries
and packages which have been revised to mirror the current development
versions in use at the HEASARC, more...
Swift CALDB updated(25 Jun 2008)
XRT (update 09 May 2008) and general SpaceCraft (SC) data (update 17 June 2008)...
XSPEC 12 updated(18 Jun 2008)
12.4.0ac and ad patches released on 17 Jun 2008; ac fixes a conflict with dummyrsp and plot, and ad lowers the maximum temperature for the vapec and bvapec models, more ...
