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Matching CIAO and CALDB Versions

CIAO 3.4 requires CALDB 3.3.0 or higher to operate properly.

CALDB 3.4.0 and higher should not be used unless you are running CIAO 3.4 or CIAO 4.0.

Are your versions mismatched? Time to update CIAO and CALDB!

News Previous Items

11 Nov 2008

These are the webpages relative to the CIAO 3.4 release (18 December 2006). They are no longer actively updated, however the CXC will continue limited support of CIAO 3.4 for the near future.

CIAO 3.4 users should check the CALDB 3 website for compatible calibration updates.

15 Dec 2008

The newest version of the Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations software, is CIAO 4.1, released on 15 December 2008. Read the release notes for detailed information. This release requires that CALDB 4.1.0 be installed for the software to work correctly.

3rd Chandra/CIAO Workshop Program Schedule

MONDAY - November 5

9:00-9:05 Welcome (Martin Elvis)
9:05-9:20 Chandra Overview (Harvey Tannanbaum)
9:20-10:20 Introduction to X-Ray Data Analysis (Dave Huenemoerder)
10:20-10:50 Introduction to CIAO (Antonella Fruscione)
10:50-11:00 Archive Access Demo

11:00-11:30 BREAK

11:30-12:00 Introduction to S-Lang (Doug Burke)
12:00-12:30 Introduction to Sherpa (Aneta Siemiginowska)

12:30-2:00 LUNCH

2:00-2:30 Calibration and Aspect Issues (Larry David, Tom Aldcroft)
2:30-3:15 PSF Issues (Margarita Karovska)
3:15-3:25 Intro to Hands-on Session (Liz Galle)

3:25 BREAK; Hands-on Session starts
6:30 Hands-on Session Ends

TUESDAY - November 6

9:00-9:45 Source Detection (Dan Harris)
9:45-10:45 Statistics in the X-ray Regime (Peter Freeman)

10:45-11:15 BREAK

11:15-11:45 Issues in Imaging Spectroscopy (Fabrizio Nicastro)
11:45-1:00 Introduction to Grating Analysis (Randall Smith)

1:00 LUNCH; Hands-on Session starts
6:30 Hands-on Session Ends

WEDNESDAY - November 7

9:00-11:00 Analysis of Extended sources (Mike Wise, Doug Burke)
11:00 BREAK; Hands-on Session starts
4:45 End of the Workshop