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The '''Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System''' (STSDAS) is an [[IRAF]]-based suite of astronomical software for reducing and analyzing astronomical data. It contains general purpose tools and packages for processing data from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. STSDAS is produced by [[Space Telescope Science Institute]] (STScI).<ref The STSDAS software is freely available.

==License==

The source code is available under a rather vague license reproduced here [[verbatim]]:

This software was prepared by Space Telescope Science Institute under

U.S. Government contract NAS5-26555. Users shall not, without prior

written permission of the U.S. Government, establish a claim to

statutory copyright. The Government and others acting on its behalf,

shall have a royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide

license for Government purposes to publish, distribute, translate,

copy, exhibit, and perform such material.

(from copyright.stsdas file)

==External links==

*[http://www.stsci.edu/institute/software_hardware/stsdas STSDAS Home Page]

*[http://www.stsci.edu/institute/Copyright STScI Copyright]

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