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Comment: added full instructions to load ciao via "ml ASTRO conda+/ciao"

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  • ciao: Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/ciao/)
    • Description: CIAO is the software package developed by the Chandra X-Ray Center for analysing data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope. It can also be used with data from other Astronomical observatories, whether ground or space based.
    • To load it: ml anaconda3 then conda activate ciao
      or from own module with: ml ASTRO conda+/ciao then conda activate ciao
    • Version installed (ciaover): caldb_main 4.9.7, ciao 4.14.0, ciao-contrib 4.14.2, ds9 8.3, sherpa 4.14.0
    • Acknowledgement: Fruscione et al. 2006, SPIE Proc. 6270, 62701V, D.R. Silvia & R.E. Doxsey, eds.

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  • iraf: Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (https://iraf-community.github.io/)
    • Description: IRAF is the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility, a general purpose software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. Development and maintenance of IRAF is discontinued since 2013.
    • To load it: ml ASTRO iraf; init-iraf
    • To set it up (first time only): setup-iraf
    • To start iraf: init-iraf-ecl (which has the arrow and backspace keys working properly) or init-iraf-cl
    • Version installed: 2.17
    • Acknowledgement: The software was written by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) in Tucson, Arizona. 

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