Using SAOImage ds9 - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Jan 13, 2022 · Related Links: ds9 Reference Manual ds9 Users Manual: CIAO-style threads on using ds9 Video demos and tutorials Using CIAO Region Files thread Last Update: 13 Jan 2022 - …
Chandra Newsletter Article
While DS9 continues to be an independent project serving all fields of astronomy (and beyond), the collaboration with the SDS group has led to several exciting updates specifically of interest to the …
Analysis Guide: Video Demos and Tutorials - CIAO 4.18
Oct 28, 2025 · The ds9 catalog tool allows users to annotate their images with markers for sources from many different catalogs (including the Chandra Source Catalog and users own source list, eg output …
Using Contrib Color Look-Up Tables - CIAO 4.17
Overview Synopsis: Users can follow this thread if they wish to use the contributed color look-up tables in ds9, matplotlib, or dmimg2jpg. Purpose: One of the easiest customizations that users can do in …
FAQ: Create images with SAOImageDS9 in a notebook - CIAO 4.18
Jan 23, 2026 · An alternative is to run DS9 interactively to create the desired image, then back it up - using the File/Backup menu item - and then restore it in the notebook to create the image.
True Color Images in ds9 - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Feb 15, 2022 · The smoothing capability in ds9 lets you interactively smooth the data, as opposed to running the CIAO tools aconvolve or csmooth. For quantitative data analysis, the configurable CIAO …
Using the Output of Detect Tools - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Feb 17, 2022 · Currently, ds9 does not number the sources in the field of view. However, double-clicking on a source region brings up the region info box, which lists the region "ID". In Figure 2, the source …
Creating Source and Background Files - CIAO 4.18
Jan 24, 2022 · Overview Synopsis: The tool dmgroupreg takes a ds9 region file (which must contain grouping information) and creates source and background region files that the CIAO tools can …
CIAO: X-ray Data Analysis Software - CIAO 4.18
Mar 3, 2026 · CIAO is the software package developed by the Chandra X-Ray Center for analysing data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope. It can also be used with data from other Astronomical …
Using Data Cubes - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Jan 13, 2022 · How to display the file SAOImage ds9, the default imager distributed with CIAO, has the capability to display data cubes.