SAOImageDS9 Acknowledgment SAOImageDS9 AcknowledgmentDS9 development has been made possible by funding from the Chandra X-ray Science Center (CXC) (NAS8-03060) and the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center (HEASARC) (NCC5-568). Additional funding was provided by the JWST Mission office at Space Telescope Science Institute (NAS-03127) to improve capabilities for 3-D data visualization.
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"This research has made use of SAOImageDS9, developed by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory"
or reference the following paper2003adass..12..489J