All Threads - Sherpa 4.0 Beta

Introduction

Beginners should start here. The Introductory threads explain how to start Sherpa and provide an overview of using the application.

Getting Started:
- Starting Sherpa
- ChIPS commands are used from within Sherpa to customize plots and create hardcopy output (PS, PNG, JPG). Refer to the Introduction to ChIPS thread (S-Lang or Python) for an overview of using that program.
Introduction to Fitting ASCII Data with Errors: Single-Component Source Models (S-Lang or Python)
Introduction to Fitting PHA Spectra (S-Lang or Python)

Sherpa provides extensive facilities for modeling and fitting data. The topics here range from basic fits using source spectra and responses to more advanced areas such as simultaneous fits to multiple datasets, accounting for the effects of pileup, and fitting spatial and grating data.

Spectral (1-D) Data
- Introduction to Fitting PHA Spectra (S-Lang or Python)
- Introduction to Fitting ASCII Data with Errors: Single-Component Source Models (S-Lang or Python)
- Simultaneously Fitting Two Datasets (S-Lang or Python)
Spatial (2-D) Data
- Fitting FITS Image Data (S-Lang or Python)
  (15 May 2008)
- See also: the Obtain and Fit a Radial Profile CIAO thread

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Sherpa Threads for CIAO 4.0 Beta

Introduction

Getting Started:

Fitting

Spectral (1-D) Data

Spatial (2-D) Data