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Beginners should start here. The Introductory threads provide an overview of the main components (GUI applications, parameter files) and concepts (the Data Model, filtering) in the CIAO data analysis software.

Getting Started:
- Installing CIAO 4.12 Using the ciao-install Script (Recommended) (11 Dec 2019)
- Manually Installing CIAO 4.12 (11 Dec 2019)
- Introduction to CIAO
- Starting CIAO (11 Dec 2019)
Chandra Data:
General:
- Making Images & Filtering Data: an Introduction to the Chandra Data Model
- Using ASCII Files in CIAO
- Using CIAO Region Files
- Using Pixel Mask Filters
- Using Parameter Files
- Using SAOImage ds9
- The ds9 Users Manual has more threads on using ds9.
GUIs:
- Introduction to Prism (18 Nov 2019)
- Introduction to Peg
- Introduction to the Analysis Menu
Rebuilding CIAO from source
- Rebuilding CIAO 4.12 source with pre-built OTS binaries on Linux
- Rebuilding CIAO 4.12 source with pre-built OTS binaries on OS X

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Introductory

Getting Started:

Chandra Data:

General:

GUIs:

Rebuilding CIAO from source