CIAO 3.0 Released - 6 August 2003
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The Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) is pleased to announce that version 3.0
of CIAO ("Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations") and version
2.23 of CALDB are now available for download from:
http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/download_ciao_reg.html
They will also be copied shortly on the European mirror site at:
http://ledas-cxc.star.le.ac.uk/ciao/download_ciao_reg.html
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CIAO 3.0 is a major "infrastructure" release. Several libraries (most
notably the datamodel) have been completetly rewritten. Many CIAO
libraries are now accessible via S-Lang modules, which significantly
enhance scripting capabilities within CIAO. Also, CIAO 3.0 has been
ported to MacOS X, opening CIAO up to Mac users.
CIAO 3.0 also introduces a number of new tools and provides significant
enhancements to existing software.
There is also a new Sherpa Web site (http://cxc.harvard.edu/sherpa/) and
a new layout for threads.
The CIAO highlights page http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/highlights.html
provides additional details.
For complete information on this release, please see the full Release
Notes (http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/releasenotes/)
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In tandem with CIAO3.0 is the release of the Chandra Calibration
Database CALDB 2.23
Release Notes are available at:
http://cxc.harvard.edu/caldb/Release_notes/CALDB_v2.23.txt
Several tools require CALDB2.23 therefore it *must* be downloaded and
installed (or upgraded from an earlier version) to run CIAO 3.0.
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CIAO3.0 is distributed for the following platforms:
Solaris 8
Linux Redhat 6.2 and 8
Compaq Alpha/Tru64 Unix 5.1A
Mac OS X 10.2.6
More details at http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/download/platforms.html
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As always please send questions and requests for enhancements to the CXC
HELPDESK (http://cxc.harvard.edu/helpdesk/)
CIAO3.0 is a collaborative effort between the SAO/CXC Science Data
Systems, the SAO/CXC Data Systems, and MIT/CXC personnel.
Antonella Fruscione (for the CIAO development team)
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