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HEASARC Web

HEASARC Web. Finding what you need at the HEASARC. Web site layout. Organized into 6 major categories Color coded HEASARC general information Observatories and mission info Archive access / info / status Software and associated documentation Tools (web-based)

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HEASARC Web

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  1. HEASARC Web Finding what you need at the HEASARC

  2. Web site layout • Organized into 6 major categories • Color coded • HEASARC general information • Observatories and mission info • Archive access / info / status • Software and associated documentation • Tools (web-based) • Education & Public Outreach sites / resources Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  3. HEASARC Home Page • Tabs across the top link to main page of each area • Links on the left go to general info and to the various GOF/SSC sites and external resources Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  4. Observatories • Active & Major Past missions • Future missions • Listed by time, energy, alphabetically • All missions • Listed by time, energy, alphabetically Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  5. Archive • Browse entry point • Access to many other ways of obtaining data • NVO • SkyView • ASCII catalogs • FTP area • External archive links Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  6. Software • End-user software • HEAsoft • Xanadu • FTOOLS • Fv, XSTAR, MAKI • Calibration • Developer software • FITS & FITSIO info • Data Standards • CalDB Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  7. Tools • General • date/coord/energy converters • nH • source-finder • Mission-specific • proposal tools (RPS) • spectral/flux/viewing simulation tools Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  8. Education & Public Outreach • EPO sites • Imagine the Universe • StarChild • WebStars (general) • Mission-specific “learning centers” • Images & Videos • APOD • HEAPOW • Image & Video Archives Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  9. Help/FAQ • Link to Feedback form • FAQs for • Astronomers • General • Mission-specific • Software-specific • General public Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  10. Site Cleanup & Maintenance • Site has more than 15,000 static pages • Online since 1993 • Developers have left • Projects started & abandoned • Areas get out of date - keep up or delete? • Broken links kept to a minimum (checked weekly) • NASA web policies/registration & section 508 • Improvements planned for search facility Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

  11. New Design Coming • NASA mandate of new “portal” design • Still loosely defined • Colors and fonts are suggested • Heavy use of images • Not yet enforced NASA HQ site Karen Smale - HEASARC Web HEASARC portal site design

  12. Comments Welcome • A brief tour… please comment (now or later) on • Areas needing improvement • Areas to be removed • Areas to be expanded • Navigation improvement suggestions • Font/color issues • Anything else that you like or dislike Karen Smale - HEASARC Web

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