CIAO Manuals

The list below provides links to the CIAO manuals. Some are in HTML format, while others are Postscript format; the format and number of pages (for PS) are noted.

The Proposer's Observatory Guide is available from the Chandra Proposal Information page. We also maintain presentations from the CIAO Workshops and information on using S-Lang in CIAO.

General

• ChIPS Manual (HTML) or PS (126 pages)

• Sherpa Reference Manual (HTML) or PS (459 pages)

• Chandra Coordinate Systems:
  • Imaging (PS, 25 pages)
  • Aspect Calibration (PS, 9 pages; draft version)
  • Dispersed Spectra (PS, 5 pages; draft version)
  
  
• Data Model:
  • Introduction (PS, 34 pages)
  • Principal DM Tools (PS, 43 pages)
  • Virtual File Syntax (PS, 36 pages)

• Data Products Guide (HTML)

• The Chandra ABC Guide to Pileup (PS, 23 pages)

Imaging

• Chandra Coordinate Systems: Imaging (PS, 25 pages)

• Detect Manual (HTML) or PS (190 pages)

  • Detect Manual data (tar.gz, 32 MB)

• An Introduction to Exposure Maps (PS, 12 pages)

• Chandra PSF Library (PS, 16 pages)

• SAOImage DS9 Reference Manual (HTML)

• Transformation, Convolution, and Deconvolution (PS, 79 pages)

Grating Spectroscopy

• Chandra Coordinate Systems: Dispersed Spectra (PS, 5 pages; draft version)

• GUIDE: A Sherpa Package for Analyzing High-Resolution Spectra (PS, 23 pages)

• Analysis Guide for Chandra High Resolution Spectroscopy (HTML)

S-Lang

• ChIPS Manual (HTML) or PS (126 pages)

• Sherpa Reference Manual (HTML) or PS (450 pages)

• S-Lang Manual (HTML)