DS9

CXC Science Data Systems

SAOImageDS9 Interface and Internal Design

Jonathan McDowell, William Joye, and the Chandra X-ray Center Science Data Systems Group

2025 Jul 21



Preamble


Reading and writing data - simple FITS files
Overall program control


Scale and Color
Block, Bin, Zoom and Pan


Coordinates
Regions
Data cubes and event files
Special file formats
Frames
Profile Graphs
Inspecting Data


Prism
Masks
Smoothing and contouring
Catalogs and Archives
Control and Interprocess communication - TCL, XPA and SAMP
Analysis menu files
Troubleshooting errors
MacOSX and Windows compatibility


Introduction to DS9 internals
History of DS9 development
Building and Linking the DS9 executable


Running DS9
Historical and descriptive material