Software
Each tutorial will contain an independent summary of the applications used,
required versions, platforms, browsers, etc.
This is a summary document that synthesizes all the tutorials into a one
stop shop for what will be necessary to participate in the event.
Big Software List
Software or Website |
OS(s) |
Tutorials |
Firefox |
Mac,Win,Lin |
ADS Labs: The Next Generation Data/Literature Search Tool(s)
Data Discovery Portal: Pan-Archive Search and Retrieval |
ADS Labs |
Mac,Win,Lin |
ADS Labs: The Next Generation Data/Literature Search Tool(s) |
Discovery Portal |
Mac,Win,Lin |
Data Discovery Portal: Pan-Archive Search and Retrieval |
TOPCAT |
Mac,Win,Lin |
Data Discovery Portal: Pan-Archive Search and Retrieval
Seleste: A Tool For Querying Remote tables
Iris: Build and Model Spectral Energy Distributions |
ds9 |
Mac,Win,Lin |
Data Discovery Portal: Pan-Archive Search and Retrieval |
Seleste |
Mac,Win,Lin |
Seleste: A Tool For Querying Remote tables |
Iris |
Mac,Lin |
Iris: Build and Model Spectral Energy Distributions |
Install Tips
Firefox
Web based tools like ADS Labs and Discovery Portal are known to run on
Firefox 5.0+. Please do not use Internet Explorer for these tutorials.
TOPCAT, ds9
Both TOPCAT and ds9 have versions for all major operating systems. See
also notes on Java applications.
Seleste
Seleste is a Java based tool that is launched with Java Web Start file.
You download the webstart file from the
Graphical Interface
section of the Seleste website.
Iris
Iris is a Java+Python tool that runs on Mac and Linux. It does not
currently run on Windows due in part to the Python dependencies. While
Iris is not officially supported on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, it will work
for the purposes of this demo.