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Loading the Chandra data into ds9 manually

Follow these steps if you can't reach the Chandra X-ray data via the Analysis -> Virtual Observatory method.

  1. run ds9
  2. choose Analysis -> Web Browser ... which should open a new window called "Web". This is a simple mini-browser.
  3. in the Web window, File -> Open URL and enter the URL for the Chandra-Ed Observation archive site:
  4. click on the entry for ObsID = 115, the first line labelled "ACIS Observations of Tycho and Kepler"
  5. (you can now close the small "Web" window, leaving only the main "SAOImage ds9" window)

This should load the dataset into ds9, and display it in the main ds9 window:

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